The Reserve Bank's signalled New Zealand will need monetary support for a while longer

The Official Cash Rate remains unchanged at 0.25 per cent.

The central bank says the country's economy has picked up -- but several factors supporting it are likely to be temporary.

Governor Adrian Orr says the outlook's still highly uncertain due to Covid and they don't have a specific date the cash rate will change.

He says they wanted to make it clear that it'll take some time to get the confidence to do so.