The Finance Minister appears to have joined Shane Jones' fight against "woke" banks

The NZ First Minister has criticised banks' operating climate-friendly policies - and told The Australian newspaper Kiwi subsidies of Aussie banks are being driven by unelected, UN-orientated "climate apostles".

BNZ has signalled it's withdrawing lending services from petrol stations - on a case by case basis.

Nicola Willis is not impressed, and says banking top-brass need to explain what's going on.

She says the Parliamentary select committee should call the banking chief executives back in over this issue.