NZ Herald 8 March 2025
Q&As:
– How to stop your heirs selling a family treasure
– Couple lives on NZ Super, and saves $100 a week
– Managed funds or term deposits
– How much is needed to retire early?
– Do houses outgrow KiwiSaver?
NZ Herald 1 March 2025
Q&As:
– Should teen become a landlord — as house prices wobble?
– Last week’s NZ Super idea not so super
– Inheritances should be taxed
– Reader gave inheritance to her brother
– Is it really cheaper to be a single retiree?
– Kind words for property investment firm
NZ Herald 1 February 2025
Q&As:
– Where first home buyer, 24, should put savings
– Pros and cons of selling rental in retirement
– A tale of simple — but worrying — tax
– What to do when mortgage ends
– Helping a grandchild into KiwiSaver
RNZ Radio 30 January 2025
Go offshore with KiwiSaver
– 2024 — good year in NZ shares, but even better elsewhere
– Fall in Kiwi dollar contributed
– Should look longer term
– How to invest in international shares
– Disloyal to NZ?
NZ Herald 14 December 2024
Q&As:
– Sorry but a motorhome is not a home!
– Don’t forget dividends when judging ETF performance
– Could a US share crash be coming?
– A warning about charity donations, but….
– Defending luck, again!
– Means testing NZ Super not the answer
NZ Herald 16 November 2024
Q&As:
– Low-fee KiwiSaver funds a better bet
– 3 teachers comment on comparison with dairy farmer
– How KiwiSaver is taxed — and whether CGT would change that
– Overly worried about CGT
– Don’t sell home, a reader advises
– More rights for tenants
RNZ Radio 14 November 2024
How can men (and some women!) invest better?
– What men do well with their investments
– Where there are problems
– Research on trading frequency
– What to do with a lump sum
NZ Herald 2 November 2024
Q&As:
– Retired farmer won’t have a bar of CGT
– Sell rental and get rid of stress
– Any time is good for move to growth fund
– Family self insurance not so great an idea
– Workers shouldn’t help patient with will
– Details on government KiwiSaver contribution
NZ Herald 19 October 2024
Q&As:
– Move money in steps
– British dodge capital gains tax (CGT)
– Phasing in of CGT
– New tax would bring complications
– Fairness of NZ Super, and CGT on shares
– Teen hit by inheritance tax
– What happens if inheritance is declined
NZ Herald 5 October 2024
Q&As:
– Let’s tax capital gains!
– 2 Q&As on what to do with shares from work schemes
– Big dividends are not the point
– Reader disgusted with using student loan to buy home
– Man should still have a will
– Shop around for estate quotes