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
RNZ Radio 14 August 2025
Emergency (or rainy day) money — how much? And where?
– Lack of fund is source of stress
– Priorities with your money
– How much?
– Where to save — including idea for those with mortgages
– How to build a fund
– A “charity fund”?
– If you use the money…
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 5 July 2025
Q&As:
– How rental market works in one apartment block
– … and in the whole economy
– Am I biased? And socialist?
RNZ Radio 19 June 2025
Different types of debt. Also, money worries lead to less socialising:
– Different types of debt — some bad, some good
– More on credit cards — how not to use them
– More on buy now pay later debt — how not to use it
– Mortgage holders should concentrate on other debt
Also:
– Socialising is on the decline while the cost of living rises
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
RNZ Radio 5 June 2025
Test your financial knowledge
– 7 questions to test your financial knowledge
– How to do test at your own pace, and get explanations of the answers
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 26 April 2025
Q&As:
– Home ownership v shares
– KiwiSaver funds beat inflation
– Deposit compensation list released
– Should woman borrow more than she needs?
– Where to get into on reverse mortgages and home reversion
– Boost KiwiSaver contributions any time
– Shorter questions please