NZ Herald 15 August 2026
Q&As:
– Should couple sell their home, rent and invest in shares?
– Should we move out of index funds because crash is expected — maybe?
– Will house prices boom again?
– Do older singles get favourable treatment?
Q&As:
– Should couple sell their home, rent and invest in shares?
– Should we move out of index funds because crash is expected — maybe?
– Will house prices boom again?
– Do older singles get favourable treatment?
Q&As:
– Sell the rental and have some fun
– What to do after redundancy
– Setting up money for granddaughter’s KiwiSavers
– Is a live-apartnership just dating?
– Nobody’s coming after her money
– Slow process to get KiwiSaver money into account
Q&As:
– Will she have to help pay for his residential care?
– Should KiwiSaver be scrapped?
– Should redundant man keep contributing to KiwiSaver?
– Shares and ETFs versus KiwiSaver fund
Q&As:
– How to make KiwiSaver more universal
– Would KiwiSaver compulsion hurt early retirees?
– Should Mum switch providers?
– 64-year-olds told to apply for NZ Super
– How much foreign pensions help NZ Super
Q&As:
– Are houses as affordable as ever?
– Index funds beating active, but will it last?
– How to tell when to sell shares
– How to cut health insurance costs
Q&As:
– Unanswerable question – when to buy and sell a share
– Tax cutting advice is worrying
– NZ Super already sort of means tested
– Nobody tells you to apply for Super
– “It’s time Kiwis were more reliant!”
– Aussies get big tax break on Super
Q&As:
– Will younger people get NZ Super?
– Raising NZ Super age would be gradual
– Do all over 65s apply for Super?
– Generous pensioners …
– … But one Scrooge!
– When KiwiSaver and other funds are not what they seem
Q&As:
– Avoid having both investments and debt…
– …and therefore skip the mortgage
– One way to solve NZ Super problem?
– “Vehement disagreement” over means testing NZ Super
– NZ on world stage over Super
– Overseas pensions confiscated?
Q&As:
– NZ Super only for those who paid tax through their lives?
– A laugh and a controversy over 122-year-old in last column
– Help for non-homeowning couple, 57, who feel trapped and confused
– Easy mortgage calculations — monthly vs weekly payments
Q&As:
– Lesson from a 120-year-old!
– Where to invest term deposit money
– When is it best to move money overseas?
– Take out more in retirement?
– KiwiSaver when you turn 65