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Personal Finance news
Mary Holm: Can we provide more for a financially worse-off child in our will?
OPINION: Our son needs more help than our successful daughter – but she doesn't agree.
More mortgage rates tumble after OCR cut
Another major bank has cut its fixed-term rates.
Diana Clement: How to avoid being scammed by AI
OPINION: Online scams are getting worse by the week.
Christchurch teenage couple buy their first house - aged 19
The youngsters have saved their way onto the property ladder.
Mary Holm: Why do some generations still prioritise boys over girls?
OPINION: And why do some employers behave the same way?
Politicians to grill bank bosses again; ASB CEO happy to ‘get the facts on the table’
ASB's half year profit rises by 2% to $763m.
KiwiSaver news
Mary Holm: Do we really need to save $1.45m for retirement?
OPINION: The figures provided by the FinEd centre seem high.
Biggest KiwiSaver provider ANZ among the worst performing
And the fund that was the highest performer last year.
Mary Holm: Where’s the best place to save a home deposit?
OPINION: Some employers put more than 3% into KiwiSaver.
Interest rates news
More mortgage rates tumble after OCR cut
Another major bank has cut its fixed-term rates.
‘Don’t get upset' - Adrian Orr’s mortgage rate warning
Global instability could soften domestic interest rate relief.
Investment news
Mary Holm: Why do some generations still prioritise boys over girls?
OPINION: And why do some employers behave the same way?
Diana Clement: The strategies that could help you get financial freedom
OPINION: Some people retire early using the Fire approach.
‘We can’t leave tax off the table’ – Willis talks up business-friendly tax tweaks
Corporate tax rate cut and relief for investors in foreign firms up for consideration.
Tax news
How much bigger could the economy be if the corporate tax rate was cut?
Deloitte economist shares her tax modelling.
Corporate tax rate cut unlikely to spur growth, but three other things could work, expert says
Call for more targeted tax tweaks as economy languishes.
‘We can’t leave tax off the table’ – Willis talks up business-friendly tax tweaks
Corporate tax rate cut and relief for investors in foreign firms up for consideration.
Business news
TVNZ loses another top journalist: Katie Bradford to depart
Katie Bradford's resignation follows a series of cost-cuts in the TVNZ newsroom.
Student flat shockers: Property managers want rental industry ‘cowboys’ gone
A Tenancy Services taskforce is due to inspect some of Dunedin's grotty flats this year.
More personal finance news
Corporate tax rate cut unlikely to spur growth, but three other things could work, expert says
Call for more targeted tax tweaks as economy languishes.
‘I got paid $6 an hour, what happened?’: The ‘quirks’ to watch out for with parental leave
Some aspects of paid parental leave can catch new mums and dads by surprise.
Diana Clement: The strategies that could help you get financial freedom
OPINION: Some people retire early using the Fire approach.
‘Never worked harder’: The realities of swapping city life for the beach
Many of us dream of leaving the rat race behind - but does it mean an easier pace of life?
Mary Holm: Where’s the best place to save a home deposit?
OPINION: Some employers put more than 3% into KiwiSaver.
‘Over $400 a month’: Economists see mortgage savings boost to economy in 2025
Two economists have crunched the numbers on mortgage costs in 2025 and the news is good.
First-home buyer hit with surprise KiwiSaver clawback
The woman found her KiwiSaver total was $800 less than she expected.
Dug down, walls now rising for $400m Mount Maunganui retirement village
A giant sandpile sits at the centre of the site where perimeter walls have been built.
Property Insider: Questions about ‘defective’ apartments
How can it be that 19-year-old apartments need $36.6m repairs or $82m rebuilding costs?