Cooking the Books podcast: Where to turn if debt is getting out of control

Some tactics can make it a little bit easier once you decide you want to get out of debt. Photo / Elena Leonova, Getty Images

Each week, BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackle a different money problem. Today, it’s the strategies and organisations to help you pay off debt faster. Hosted by Frances Cook.

This episode is brought to you by BNZ.

Debt is one of those things that’s easy to get into, and harder to get out of.

But the good news is there are at least some tactics to make it a little bit easier once you decide you want to get out of debt.

There are strategies for how you can pay it off, and there are also organisations ready to give you a helping hand.

For the latest episode I talked to Frances Ronowicz, head of social impact at BNZ.

For the interview, listen to the podcast here.

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Nation of debt

Monday: How much more do Kiwis owe?

Tuesday: Rising costs and falling milk price mean farmers could struggle to break even

Wednesday: Kiwis putting more on the plastic to cope with rising cost of living

Thursday: Govt’s seismic borrowing is coming at a huge cost