As you know, your financial choices involve more than whether to get that daily flat white or not. Whether you are afraid of leaving debt to your loved ones, or want to ensure your children don’t use their inheritance to
Read moreThe Happy Secret to Better Work
We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.
Read moreHow Slowing Down Can Save Your Health
Nici Wickes knew she was tired. Not just a wee bit tired, she felt like the walking dead. So much so, that when she happened to drop a newspaper or a teaspoon on her living room floor, she couldn’t find
Read moreTen injuries your children will cause you
As if they don’t cause enough suffering as you bring them in to this world, your children are probably going to cause you some pain as they grow up too. Aside from the emotional anguish, I’ve suffered plenty of knocks
Read moreSouth Auckland family of 10 saved $13,000 in five months to buy their own home – here’s how they did it
Tania Webb didn’t think she’d ever live in a home of her own. Her parents rented, as did her partner’s parents, and home ownership wasn’t part of their world. But the mother-of-eight got there, and she wants to show others
Read moreRest home costs an unwelcome surprise
Recently my mother was admitted to a rest home. She was assessed as needing hospital-level care, for which she must pay $4400 a month. This monthly amount is payable until the value of her assets falls below $219,889, at which
Read moreHouse prices may be at scary levels, but household budgets need to…
House prices may be at scary levels, but household budgets need to afford the rent, saving for a deposit, or a mortgage payment. And that is often a different story Seen this Economist chart recently? It has been reproduced everywhere,
Read moreNZ superannuation changes: what they mean for you
Prime Minister Bill English announced that the age of eligibility will rise from 65 to 67, in gradual steps, from 2037. The changes will be phased in from July 2037 and will not affect anyone born before July 1972. The age
Read moreWaikato Hospital’s staffing of operating theatres not at full capacity, resulting in fewer surgeries
Waikato Hospital does not have enough doctors and nurses to run its operating theatres at full capacity, resulting in between six and nine elective surgeries being put off each week. Because of the staffing shortages the orthopaedic department was behind
Read moreKiwiSaver is a long-term investment
It hurt. If ever I sucked a lemon on a financial matter it was the day I walked into a local branch to switch my children’s KiwiSaver accounts to their bank. What made that lemon especially bitter was telling the
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