The Official cash rate (OCR) was left at 2.5%. The Reserve Bank said they may begin to remove monetary stimulus around the middle of 2010, an observation they made last month, as well.
New Zealand house prices are stagnating the RBNZ said, though they see GDP growth of about 4% next year.
Kiwi is weaker in the wake of the comments, trading at 0.7040 from the 0.7060 level prior to the announcement.