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Debt goes in 'too hard' basket for many Kiwis
People want less debt but half of them have no plans to do anything differently, a survey says.
<i>Diana Clement:</i> Bad financial advice creates debt delusion
Deluded. That's what a lot of people are about their debts.
David Henderson fights $130m bankruptcy case
David Henderson, Auckland's most flamboyant and once wealthy developer, will earn a salary of $75,000 if his proposal to avert bankruptcy over a $130 million debt is approved by the High Court.
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Australia shows the way but report wimps out
When it comes to the nuts and bolts of lifting household savings, the saving group comes over all timid and tentative.
<i>Tracey Barnett</i>: Scare yourself a little this year and ask, what if?
What if you had all the impossible assembled together - time, money, purpose, freedom from your mountain of daily responsibilities - to do whatever you wanted?
Many struggle to put food on table post-Christmas - Sallies
The Salvation Army says it is seeing an increase in the number of people unable to put food on the table, having spent all their money during Christmas.