NZ Herald 30 August 2025
Q&As:
– Biggest KiwiSaver provider ANZ’s policy not good for employees
– Couple are perfect candidates for reverse mortgage
– Are health insurance premiums negotiable?
– Some fans of health insurance
NZ Herald 23 August 2025
Q&As:
– Good way to help family members with a mortgage
– Don’t try to predict share crashes — it doesn’t work
– 2 Q&As on why you may not need health insurance
Plus:
– Scam warning
NZ Herald 16 August 2025
Q&As:
– A way to build family wealth
– When a couple of percentage points matters
– Don’t drop health insurance …
– … how much in savings do you need if you do?
– When you should and shouldn’t switch risk level
– Timing markets not as easy as it sounds
NZ Herald 9 August 2025
Q&As:
– Why rental property is not a great retirement investment
– What about commercial property?
– How to handle money when husband going into care
– Help available for the retired
– Rule of 72 — when debt doubles
NZ Herald 2 August 2025
Q&As:
– KiwiSaver serious illness withdrawals not easy
– Are people doing KiwiSaver at expense of reducing their mortgage?
– Should homeowners’ mortgage interest be tax deductible?
– When choosing fund, choose lowest fees and what else?
– You can do KiwiSaver with more than one provider. Should you?
– Why rentals aren’t great in retirement
– List of KiwiSaver-exempt employers
NZ Herald 26 July 2025
Q&As:
– Should parents monitor older teens’ bank accounts?
– Pay down mortgage or save?
– Reader: Shares are not high-risk
– Am I a Boglehead?
– Low-fee funds winning for this family
– Can employer not do KiwiSaver?
NZ Herald 19 July 2025
Q&As:
– Low-risk way to invest in rentals
– Another good way to invest in property, but …
– Easy way to give to charities
– KiwiSaver versus term deposits in retirement
– Big KiwiSaver fee savings, and getting risk right
– Best way to compare KiwiSaver fees
NZ Herald 12 July 2025
Q&As:
– On benefits and inheritances
– Why share broker asks all those questions
– Charities make it too hard to give
– Landlords worse off than tenants?
– One landlord’s take on it all
– More landlords equal lower rents
– Thanks for running angry letter
NZ Herald 5 July 2025
Q&As:
– How rental market works in one apartment block
– … and in the whole economy
– Am I biased? And socialist?
NZ Herald 28 June 2025
Q&As:
– Should rents be increased?
– … or capped?
– KiwiSaver for teens
– No KiwiSaver winners in Budget? — but better rates rebates
– Home help for the elderly
– 2 letters on health insurance excesses
– Reverse mortgage on an apartment?