NZ Herald 11 August 2007
Q&As: KiwiSaver is just right for 30-year-old son having difficulty saving for his first home; Why sign up a one-year-old for KiwiSaver? Also: Some winning entries in the “KiwiSaver: How to make it work for you” giveaway.
The Investor 7 August 2007
Misunderstandings about KiwiSaver abound. Predictably, given that KiwiSaver is new, complex and not yet fully formed, there are many misunderstandings about it.
NZ Herald 4 August 2007
Q&As: How can employees get around the KiwiSaver restrictions on them, and how much should you contribute for your children?; A mother worries about whether she should sign up her children in KiwiSaver. Also: Some winning entries in the KiwiSaver book contest.
NZ Herald 28 July 2007
Q&As: KiwiSaver providers that are offering ethical investment funds; More on ethical KiwiSaver funds; Will the KiwiSaver kick-start be around for a while?; Could the government take KiwiSaver money to repay student loans?; Oops! Too much haste; Sack adviser who recently recommended Bridgecorp.
The Investor 24 July 2007
Sack the inaccurate journalists. A reader reports that she and her family “were quite astounded to find you recommend (KiwiSaver) so unreservedly.” “I’ve read several articles recently by other journalists, who have pointed out that one’s savings could well be handled — in the interim before one retires — so poorly that there could be none left to collect on retirement.
NZ Herald 21 July 2007
Q&As: Are the 65-pluses getting a raw deal?; One reader thinks richer superannuitants are already spoilt; Self-employed reader doesn’t realise what a good deal he’s on to; KiwiSaver options for small business couple.
NZ Herald 14 July 2007
Q&As: How the KiwiSaver tax credit is calculated, and details for self-employed people; KiwiSaver and taxation, plus more for the self-employed. Plus: 30 talented readers will win copies of KiwiSaver book.
The Investor 10 July 2007
No tricks behind KiwiSaver doubling of money. A reader has “one or two problems” with my last column, in which I said people are silly not to sign up to KiwiSaver. “Your comments that ‘twice as much comes out at retirement’ and ‘triple the money in, triple the money out’… make one huge assumption — that the provider the investor chooses over time does not lose any money — a highly unlikely scenario surely!”, says the reader.
NZ Herald 7 July 2007
Q&As: What happens to KiwiSaver accounts in a divorce?; How KiwiSaver might affect NZ Super, and what you should do about it; A source of basic KiwiSaver information; The NZ share market index that includes dividends has been misleading in the past. How much does it matter?
NZ Herald 30 June 2007
Q&As: Three Q&As about KiwiSaver: Reimbursement of employer contributions; is daughter overseas eligible?; When is mortgage diversion helpful?; Where can you get the information that was in the three Herald supplements about KiwiSaver? …And: Rental property running costs mount up over the years.