NZ Herald 13 April 2013
Q&As: Are Mighty River Power shares a sure thing?; Is it good to get the kids into Mighty River Power?; What to do when a trustee brother gets all the power.
NZ Herald 6 April 2013
Q&As: You can be regarded as being in a de facto relationship even if you don’t live together; Accountant gives bad advice on joining KiwiSaver; Paying extra off the mortgage versus saving outside KiwiSaver; 2 Q&As about young man who is NZ tax resident but still pays interest on his student loan; Reader’s student loan idea might work — depending on family dynamics.
NZ Herald 30 March 2013
Q&As: 2 readers tell of struggles for overseas students repaying student loans; Another reader explains why he let his student children run up loans and then helped to repay them; Confusion over changes to KiwiSaver employer contributions; Will a pre-nuptial agreement do the trick?; Can a parent draw up a Section 21 agreement for their adult child?
NZ Herald 9 March 2013
Q&As: Your KiwiSaver account won’t always grow, if you’re not contributing; Inland Revenue sticks to its guns about employer obligations around KiwiSaver; 2 Q&As about trusts set up to protect inheritances from relationship property claims; Some thoughts about relationship property problems, including help with difficult conversations.
The Investor 2 March 2013
KiwiSaver about to move into high gear. KiwiSaver — which has lurched around a few sharp bends in its short life — is about to shift up a gear. From April 1, the minimum employee and employer contributions will both rise from 2 to 3 per cent of pay.
NZ Herald 2 March 2013
Q&As: What happens if new employer doesn’t take KiwiSaver contributions out of your pay; Property relationship idea not as good as it seems; How one reader contracted out of the Property Relationships Act.
NZ Herald 23 February 2013
Q&As: Relationship property — when does the clock start ticking?; One way — plus a few others — that a mother could protect her daughter’s inheritance; Trusts not so cheap to set up; Should people get access to their money when KiwiSaver changes?
NZ Herald 2 February 2013
Q&As: Interest-only mortgages have major flaws; Another — good — approach to reverse mortgages; Are the banks ripping us off with reverse mortgages?; Spending certainly didn’t decrease for this new retiree; KiwiSaver contributions flexible.
NZ Herald 26 January 2013
Q&As: Beneficiary can do well with KiwiSaver — with help from a Buddy; Elderly couple shocked at how fast reverse mortgage is growing; Should reverse mortgage interest rates be lower?
The Investor 26 January 2013
Let’s not make KiwiSaver compulsory. The words “compulsory” and “KiwiSaver” seem to be appearing more and more often in the same sentence. I don’t like it — but I seem to be in the minority.