Small successes lead to more success, and snowballing up can make it easier for us to build momentum and get going. Trying to do too much at once, on the other hand, can be demotivating.

At only 623 pages the unofficial almost-final draft of the Financial Markets Conduct Act regulations, is light reading by historical novel standards.

On Saturday NZ time, news of a significant resignation hit the airwaves. And David Cunliffe quit too.

Watercare Services has hit back at a developer who accused it of charging too much for Auckland residential subdivisions.

What are other people doing in terms of their finances that can help you lift your game?

The diversification message is clear enough: don't stick all your money in the same place, writes David Chaplin.

Seeing future versions of ourselves is tough, which makes saving and investing for the future all the more difficult.

After negotiations with the FMA, both Kiwibank and ASB are finally set to kill their respective zombie KiwiSaver schemes.

KiwiSaver withdrawals to help with buying a first home are handled by the KiwiSaver providers so I talked to Joe Bishop, head of retail and marketing at Gareth Morgan Investments, about your options.

More than 40 pc of parents close to retirement haven't had a detailed conversation with children about their finances.

The revamped New Zealand Superannuation Fund website sets a new benchmark for full disclosure.

Shane McKillen has resigned from the board of Veritas Investments to focus on other business commitments.

The FMA has wagged its finger at banks for up-selling KiwiSaver switches without fully informing customers of the consequences.

On September 19, the first buyers of a new mass-scale affordable special housing area at South Auckland's Waimahia Inlet, on the edge of the Manukau Harbour, are due to move in.

van Eyk Advice NZ last week froze redemptions from seven products in its Blueprint series.

A 79-year-old accountant who owes Inland Revenue more than $400 million has successfully stalled it from trying to bankrupt him.

A major issue with KiwiSaver, from the FSC's perspective, is that too many KiwiSavers are in low risk, low return conservative KiwiSaver funds.

Billionaire Graeme Hart's Rank Group has hired three banks to run separate sales in his global packaging empire in what could generate some US$9b

Health insurance fraud is a significant problem in New Zealand, adding perhaps $30 million to premiums annually.

Can you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.

John Key has stepped up his attack on Labour's capital gains today tax, suggesting it will create a headache for grieving children who inherit their parents' house.

Tax is emerging as the battleground heading into the last two weeks before the election with National seizing on Labour leader David Cunliffe's stumble over the details of his flagship capital gains tax policy.