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Why axing kickstart is act of bad faith
Keeping silent about axing the $1000 kickstart payment for new KiwiSaver members, isn't a broken promise, strictly speaking, writes Audrey Young.
Keeping silent about axing the $1000 kickstart payment for new KiwiSaver members, isn't a broken promise, strictly speaking, writes Audrey Young.
First home buyers using their KiwiSaver savings will have to leave at least $1000 in their accounts in future.
New research by IRD says KiwiSaver's cost $6b in taxpayer money - but success has been 'marginal, at best.'
Crowdfunding platform Equitise is celebrating the success of its second capital raising campaign.
From 2pm yesterday, people enrolling in KiwiSaver no longer receive a $1000 kick-start payment.
The Government has promised not to make any further cuts to KiwiSaver after scrapping a $1000 payment which all members received upon signing up.
The decision to cut the $1000 kickstart for KiwiSaver was inevitable and is unlikely to stop people from joining up to the retirement savings scheme, says an expert.
We might never see a CGT in this country, which could well be a good thing given the compromises that would likely be part of its introduction, writes Mark Lister.
No other advanced economy in the world would allow almost all of its banking system to be owned overseas, writes Paul Glass. "Let's require the big four banks to list 25 per cent of just their NZ operations on the NZ Stock Exchange."
A reader writes: Is there a minimum contribution my partner needs to have been making in order to be eligible for the KiwiSaver HomeStart?
KiwiSaver providers are struggling to move savers out of the default funds despite a requirement by the Government to give people more information on their choices.
Fletcher Building subsidiary Fletcher Living has just won a huge Government contract to build 191 new Christchurch houses.
I've recently separated from my wife and taken a mortgage on my home to pay a separation settlement. Can I use my KiwiSaver to pay into the home loan?
Many retirees are treating the KiwiSaver concept as a Lotto-style payout. Half of them are withdrawing their money and, of that number, most are blowing it on overseas holidays, cars, boats and consumer goods.
Dear 20-somethings: You're quite right that nobody can make any promises about KiwiSaver in the future - or at least any promises that we can be confident a future government will keep.
Tens of thousands of first-home buyers stand to benefit from a KiwiSaver change coming into effect next month.
KiwiSaver assets have seen "phenomenal growth" in the past three months, increasing by $1.8 billion.
Those that you live with have the strongest influence on your investment decisions, a Massey researcher has found.
If you are buying a home using KiwiSaver funds what are the regulations around living in the home for the first six months?
As you pump money into your KiwiSaver with each pay, where exactly does it flow to?
Bankrupts will be able to keep the money in their Kiwisaver accounts under a new court ruling.
I have been retired for one year now and am thinking of using my KiwiSaver balanced fund to provide an income.
Don’t forget to pick up your big five hundy this year in KiwiSaver.
My wife and I both joined KiwiSaver. At that stage she was employed. She is no longer employed.
Combining employer’s scheme with KiwiSaver choices opens possibilities, Mary Holm writes.
My husband and I moved back home to New Zealand from Australia in January 2014.