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How to kill debt without selling that classic car or treasured artwork - Mary Holm
OPINION: How to balance debt repayment and investment growth in NZ.
When should you pay off the mortgage, and when should you invest?
OPINION: There are advantages and disadvantages regarding this perennial question.
Nation of Debt: On average every Kiwi now owes $151,000
And how worried should we be about it?
Editorial: Positives beneath ugly top-line debt
OPINION: Our Nation of Debt series reveals a surprising upside to the downturn
Nation of Debt: Banks need to do better on business lending - economist
Banks have been reluctant to lend to the productive business sector, says Cameron Bagrie.
High prices drive sharp fall in NZ farm debt
Trend of farmers chipping away at their debt far cry from burgeoning dairy farm debt days.
Nation of debt: Housing debt jumps 7pc - can we afford it?
Keeping unemployment low will be key to servicing the debt, economists say.
Nation of Debt: Just how much does every Kiwi owe now?
NZ's debt mountain keeps growing - but signs of hope as rate of mortgage borrowing slows.
Nation of Debt: New Zealand's great borrowing blowout
The housing boom and Crown borrowing have seen NZ's debt balloon - should we be worried?
Liam Dann: When borrowing less is the biggest debt worry
New Zealand's debt mountain keeps growing everywhere except in the sector it should be.
Nation of Debt: Dairy danger as repayment risks rise
Dairy debt is troubling the Reserve Bank as risks around the industry grow
Liam Dann: Global debt is soaring, why should we care?
COMMENT: Globally debt is rising again. Should we be worried? Or should we embrace it?
Kiwis drowning in debt: Half a trillion dollars and rising
New Zealand's debt has topped half a trillion dollars.
Government too cautious on debt
COMMENT: Debt levels have continued to rise but there are signs of improvement.
Debt sheriff watches what we owe
Grant Spencer - Reserve Bank governor in waiting - talks debt and risk with Liam Dann.
Is your money in intensive care?
Take the test: Do your finances need to be urgently taken to hospital in an ambulance?
More costly mortgages on the cards
The Reserve Bank is about to undertake a major review of the capital regime for New Zealand's retail banks.
NZ Herald Focus: $500b NZ debt bomb
NZ Herald's business editor at large Liam Dann talks about NZ's domestic debt bomb - should we be worried?
Ready, set, crash: Could NZ be next?
Someday, something will burst the swelling property bubble -- the fallout won't be pretty.
Economy Hub: Nation of Debt
Liam Dann, Mark Lister and David Snell talk about the amount of debt in New Zealand, and its possible effects on the housing market.
Student debt: 728,000 owe nearly $15 billion
People need to ask whether course is worth it and how they'll pay off loans, says expert.
Nation of Debt : Big ticket sales boom
Sellers of big ticket items like cars, boats and caravans say business is booming on the back of a strong economy and a wealth effect driven by rising property prices.
Nation of Debt: Dairy farmers dig in for winter
Very low dairy prices have so far not translated into widespread forced sales of farms, but the coming spring and summer periods will be the acid test for many.
The indebted Kiwis in 'intensive care'
New Zealanders officially have around $15.7b in consumer debt, but one money expert says it's actually much higher than that.