Tom Hartmann, from the Commission for Financial Capability, with his weekly column on personal finance and tips to help you get sorted.
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Get Sorted: Avoiding ride-sharing holiday price surges
New rideshare apps bring new costs – here's how to not get caught out.
Get Sorted: Does money make us selfish?
Thoughts of money bring on a can-do attitude. But that can trip us up sometimes.
Get Sorted: Is eating healthy really more expensive?
Making food at home is not necessarily for saving money. Or is it?
Get Sorted: Is this for real, or a scam?
Human nature often just does not want to accept that we can be a target or a victim.
Get Sorted: Growing your financial 'apple tree'
Sustainability isn't just about our ecosystem – it's how we sort our finances too.
Get Sorted: Protect yourself from scam horrors
How to protect yourself from the latest spike in webcam blackmail scam emails.
Get Sorted: Capping loan sharks
The coming crackdown on mobile lenders should help us from spiralling into crippling debt.
Get Sorted: KiwiSaver for starters
Not sure where to begin with the whole KiwiSaver thing? Here's an easy to-do list.
Get Sorted: Emotions rise, balances fall
When there are pulls on the heartstrings, good money decisions get difficult.
Get Sorted: Time to start talking about investing and KiwiSaver
We need to make room for talking about investing and KiwiSaver in our daily conversation.
Get Sorted: The 12 (money saving) tips of Christmas
Christmas is less than three months away – time to make sure plans are in place.
Get Sorted: Getting kids into KiwiSaver
Key considerations when you're encouraging children into KiwiSaver.
Financial expert answers your burning money questions
Financial expert Tom Hartmann is on hand to answer all your big money questions.
Get Sorted: Redesign your spending habits
If your money decisions aren't getting results, try changing what influences you.
Get Sorted: Tips for homemade loans
Borrowing from family can foul up relationships, so make sure debt dials up wellbeing.
Get Sorted: Petrol needs a plan
How to roll with fuel prices and make sure gas doesn't blow your budget.
1.8 million KiwiSavers will get Govt boost – will you?
Join all those this year who will get a government boost to their KiwiSaver.
Get Sorted: Financial feminism can close the gender wealth gap
Women should join the investment race and start competing with men building their wealth.
Get Sorted: How to pay less interest on your mortgage
It's time to take control of our home loan and make it work better for us.
Get Sorted: Are you due a tax refund?
It's simple to find out if you're due a refund, without paying a refund company.
Get Sorted: Today's debt borrows from your future self
Going into debt is essentially taking money out of the pocket of your future self.
Get Sorted: Beware wizards of lies
There's no point in building up savings just to lose it in a Ponzi scheme. Questions help.
Get Sorted: Pitfalls and payoffs of switching KiwiSaver funds
Don't panic and jump ship to another KiwiSaver fund without considering the options.
Get Sorted: Help for home buying and selling
From thinking about buying to settling in, there's a lot of support.
Get Sorted: Said no one about insurance
So many questions, and too often we get left with vague answers
Get sorted: Beware the 'rom-con' artists this Valentine's Day
Scam artists are raking in millions with elaborate love scams.
Get Sorted: What's the point of money?
One way of sizing up our money choices is to measure how much wellbeing we create
Get Sorted: This Christmas, the kids are alright
Many children receive money as a gift, and a refreshing number will be socking it away.
Get Sorted: How about a gift for your future self?
For those future Christmases when you'll be living off retirement savings.
Get Sorted: Gone spear phishing
COMMENT: Online scams are getting more sophisticated. Here's what to watch for.
Get Sorted: Is buying Bitcoins really investing?
If you're taking a gamble on the digital currency going up, that's speculation.
Get Sorted: Tricks of the scamming trade
Persuasion tactics of the aspiring rich and infamous - the ones they use to reel you in.
Get Sorted: KiwiSaver funds that adjust as you age
"Life stages" funds that automatically adjust your investments can be a good choice.
Get Sorted: How to save on your food bill
COMMENT: Before you head to the fish and chip store - have a rustle through the freezer.
Get Sorted: Ever met someone who's 100?
COMMENT: Better visualising the future can help better plan for it.
Pay later options can stretch you too thin
COMMENT: Pay later options can smooth out your options, but still leave you stretched.
How a man lost $329k in an investment scam
COMMENT: It's World Investor Week, and we're focusing on the world of investment scams.
Get Sorted: Started your Christmas shopping yet?
COMMENT: Three months to go before the holidays hit!
Get Sorted: Let's bust some KiwiSaver myths
COMMENT: Ten beliefs about KiwiSaver that just aren't true.
Get Sorted: Fast money vs slow money
COMMENT: Managing cash flow is one thing, growing money for your future is quite another.
Get Sorted: Back to money basics
COMMENT: Here are some personal finance fundamentals to get underway.
Switching to self-employed? There's lots to consider
COMMENT: Making the move from employee to independent contractor brings heaps of changes.
Get Sorted: Student loan lessons learned
COMMENT: Borrowing to study? Ex-students share insights on how to be savvy about it.
Get Sorted: Debt is fire - master it
COMMENT: Welcome to Money Week. What does debt do for you?
Debt, what have you done for me lately?
COMMENT: Next week is Sorted Money Week - a chance for us all to check in with our debt.
How to manage a revolving mortgage like a pro
COMMENT: What if you could pay off your mortgage sooner than planned?
Money and public Wi-Fi shouldn't mix
COMMENT: Public hotspots are least safe way to connect online, especially to our finances.
10 years on, KiwiSaver just works
COMMENT: Although not suited for everybody, the scheme is getting many of us ahead.
The risks we run in our working lives
COMMENT: It helps to look at some stats to choose what kind of insurance you need.
How your neighbours can save you money
COMMENT: Here's to the folks next door who help each other spend less.
Flipping the thinking on fees
COMMENT: Typically when we pay more, we get more. But it doesn't always work like that.
KiwiSaver deadline is end of June
COMMENT: It's now or never to get your big five hundy from the government this year.
How we look in a hyper-mirror
COMMENT: Can technology know us better than we know ourselves?
Flu jab for the finances
COMMENT: It's time to inject some resilience into your incomings and outgoings.
Why KiwiSaver balances go up... and down
COMMENT: What's the difference between a savings account and a KiwiSaver account?
When robo-insurance gives a bum steer
COMMENT: We need to double-check automated answers we get online are the right ones.
Money tips from a new mum
COMMENT: There are lots of options for a break, but forward thinking definitely helps.
Why it's better to start than be perfect
COMMENT: Need to make some changes to where you money is? No time like the present.
It's tax return time, this is how to DIY
It's the do-it-yourself job that actually pays: sorting your tax refund.
Get wheels, get ahead at the same time
COMMENT: You can in fact buy cars while pushing your net worth higher.
Is KiwiSaver for a first home a good idea?
COMMENT: With the new NZ Super amounts set to change, it puts things in perspective.
What's behind money squabbles?
COMMENT: Most money fights are not about money at all, Tom Hartmann writes.
Game your way to debt smarts
COMMENT: Can you learn debt lessons by playing at loan shark?
Why do we give kids money again?
COMMENT: Beyond teaching children with pocket money, there are a handful of reasons we end up handing cash over to the kids.
5 things to expect of finance people
COMMENT: Know what you're entitled to before you talk to an expert about a financial product or service.
Get Sorted: We need to talk... money
The taboo thing has got to go, so we can get talking and help each other make savvy decisions.
Get Sorted: Looking as we leap
I let my kid front-flip off the roof yesterday. It was a calculated risk. (I'm hoping his mother doesn't read this.)
Get Sorted: There's no time like now
COMMENT: This is an ideal moment to get your money humming for the year.
Get Sorted: Feed forward for the new year
COMMENT: Rather than feedback on 2016, it's time to zoom in on those things we can do to make progress in 2017.
Savvy donating this season
COMMENT: With so many worthy causes out there, we need to find where our dollars will make the most difference.
Double or nothing with the kids
COMMENT: They say incentives work, so here's some fun you can have to get the children moving in the right direction.
Shop, until your willpower drops
COMMENT: 'Tis the season after all, but it pays to pace ourselves so we make savvy choices.
Ethical KiwiSaver options expand
COMMENT: Looking for socially responsible funds? There are more than ever to choose from.
Get Sorted: Spot that scam
COMMENT: It's Fraud Awareness Week. Here's why we all need to look out for each other and those money traps out there.
Get Sorted: The trick to keeping Halloween a treat
Any celebration can get commercialised, but we can always get creative and stick to our own plans.
Get Sorted: Stepped costs get steep
COMMENT: Most insurance comes with premiums that spiral up as we age, so it helps to plan ahead.