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 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 21 June 2025
Q&As:
– A different investment for retirement
– How costs of care affect retirement savings …
– … And one couple’s experience
Plus:
– The Stock Picking Game
NZ Herald 14 June 2025
Q&As:
– Speed up student loan payments or invest?
– Pay off mortgage or invest?
– How to deal with high health insurance costs
Plus:
– Paying Off High Interest Debt
NZ Herald 17 May 2025
Q&As:
– Gold not the answer for this reader
– “Should I or shouldn’t I reduce risk?”
– Couple’s tax idea not fair
– A reverse mortgage in a retirement village?
– Can move KiwiSaver overseas with you
NZ Herald 10 May 2025
Q&As:
– Higher returns but no higher risk?
– When a KiwiSaver fund falters …
– … And what about cyberattacks on funds?
– Why I was negative last week
– Don’t close KiwiSaver account
NZ Herald 3 May 2025
Q&As:
– Don’t get too confident about your investment skills
– A way to compare paying down mortgage vs shares
– Home loans get easier over time
– Putting “princely sums” in context
– KiwiSaver returns over a decade
– How banks lend to retired people
– Move to new provider, at same risk, any time
NZ Herald 12 April 2025
Q&As:
– He quit KiwiSaver before the downturn, but what now?
– Conservative fund versus term deposits
– Finance company interest rates after Depositor Compensation starts
– Wisdom from her Scottish forebears
– An alternative to reverse mortgages….
– … and the 2 options compared
– WIN A BOOK!
RNZ Radio 10 April 2025
KiwiSaver turbulence, and interesting findings about NZers and ethical investing
– Comments on market turbulence
– Keep contributing to KiwiSaver
– Listener questions
– Survey on ethical investing: Changing issues, who is most “ethical”