New Zealand has chosen to go for the talking down option (sensible given New Zealand is a small country with little reserves) but has really performed a Haka dance - that made famous by the All Blacks rugby team, defined by Wikipedia as:
... a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment...
As detailed by FT Alphaville, NZ is entering the fray:
....We believe the exchange rate is significantly over-valued relative to what would be sustainable long term in the absence of sizeable increases in the terms of trade and productivity....The Bank will intervene when circumstances are right. We will use the OCR as circumstances require and we’re exploring the scope to use macro-prudential instruments that address increasing challenges to financial stability associated with ongoing increases in house prices, and that can also support monetary policy.... (here).
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