NZ Herald 20 December 2025
Q&As:
– How to keep inheritance out of relationship property
– 2 Q&As on living in a retirement village
– What’s wrong with so many New Zealanders?
– See you next year — and tips on getting your letter published
RNZ Radio 24 April 2025
The wisdom of our listeners!
Listeners’ best financial moves — entries in recent giveaway of Mary’s newly updated “Rich Enough? A Laid-back Guide for Every Kiwi”. We can all learn from them — or be amused by them.
– Marriage
– Debt
– Budgeting
– Investments
– Less conventional investments
– Saving for children
NZ Herald 19 April 2025
Q&As:
– How to be fair with gifts to children for home purchases
– When share investments might not do well over a decade
– Challenging a family trust distribution
– Why reverse mortgage interest rates are higher
– A mortgage fund versus term deposits
– Winners in book giveaway
NZ Herald 22 February 2025
Q&As:
– Should the son inherit more?
– Were the old days really better for women?
– “Fairer” NZ Super could be a nightmare
– Are over 65s really working more?
– Investment firm defends their numbers
RNZ Radio 28 November 2024
What happens to your KiwiSaver if your relationship ends
– Applies if married or live together 3+ years, and no pre-nup saying otherwise.
– How much of your KiwiSaver becomes relationship property.
– How differences in KiwiSaver balances can be settled.
– Broke up earlier? You may still be able to get some of partner’s KiwiSaver.
NZ Herald 31 August 2024
Q&As:
– Grumpy share investor looks at too short a period
– Setting up KiwiSaver for the grandkids
– Another side to last week’s inheritance story
– Don’t be too tough on landlords!
– Can still get NZ Super when overseas
– Reader inadvertently broke KiwiSaver rules
NZ Herald 24 August 2024
Q&As:
– A not-so-happy Lotto millionaire
– KiwiSaver rules when overseas…
– … And the same for NZ Super
– Family needs legal advice about Dad’s new wife
– Are Healthy Homes rules for rentals good?
NZ Herald 9 March 2024
Q&As:
– Help for couples with different attitudes to money
– Where to save for a baby’s future
– Worries about S&P500 index funds …
– … Investing in many index funds
– Did NZ Super Fund get it wrong?
– “Clever” taxpayers like Prime Minister?
NZ Herald 23 December 2023
Q&As:
– Couple in their 90s find “hidden treasure”
– First home at 23, with no family help
– How to get 14-year-old into shares
– “Never give up — and know about the family finances”
– Couple very happy on $80,000 income
– How I did the maths last week
NZ Herald 18 November 2023
Q&As:
– Tips for a 26-year-old on how saving for a home
– A 50% house price drop? 30% has happened
– Changes strengthen landlord argument
– Tough gifting rules for elderly care subsidy
– One way around the care subsidy rules?
– Divorce not the answer unless real
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