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Mary Holm: Low inflation fails to grab retiree
COMMENT: Does the CPI fairly represent the speed of price rises for superannuitants?
COMMENT: Does the CPI fairly represent the speed of price rises for superannuitants?
COMMENT: Underfunding of schemes, low interest rates and longer lives all add to pressure.
David Baty, the director of Prestige Events, still hasn't handed over ute prize to contest winners.
New research show vastly different money habits and attitudes between home owners and those who don't own property.
Which New Zealand shares are the biggest cash earners?
COMMENT: Two weeks ago we considered the low interest rate environment, concluded that it was here to stay, writes Brent Sheather.
COMMENT: The new rate of NZ Super gets us thinking about our future gap to fill, writes Tom Hartmann.
If you have been a KiwiSaver member for at least three years you may be eligible to withdraw your savings to put towards a first home.
COMMENT: Even on a modest budget, a life of leisure in Thailand offers great weather, fabulous food and adventure.
Older people are more likely to be targeted by scams and fraud.
A push by insurers to settle claims from the Christchurch earthquakes is partly behind a spike in complaints to the insurance ombudsman.
The minimum you and your employer can contribute is 3 per cent, but both are allowed to contribute more.
COMMENT: Playing field for tax calculations is far from level - subsidising some but penalising others, writes Mary Holm.
COMMENT: Most financial advisers have your interests at heart, but a few bad eggs have ulterior motives.
For decades, companies have craved an alternative to top-down management. Yet moving beyond the corporate ladder has proved challenging.
Negative attitudes and perceptions of discrimination against part-time employees remain strong.
Stand-alone and employer-sponsored superannuation schemes are shutting up shop.
INTERVIEW: Tamsyn Parker talks to two women who between them look after more than $11b of KiwiSavers' money.
COMMENT: IRD excels at finding evaders, who can face huge bills, writes Diana Clement.
COMMENT: A daughter living abroad should be encouraged to face up and repay the money she owes, writes Mary Holm.
The knife has been taken to saver's interest rates, but banks have been reluctant to drop mortgage rates.
The BNZ has now followed other major banks and is now passing part of last week's official cash rate cut to its mortgage-holders.
Julian Kardos, managing director of Electric Kiwi, talks five things every Kiwi should know about electricity.
Hang a target to hit for what you'll need in the future, writes Tom Hartmann.
Generally anyone over 18 who has been in KiwiSaver for three or more years and is buying a first home can apply to their KiwiSaver provider to withdraw everything.
COMMENT: Yes, you're right that it's really important to consider not raw interest rates but how they compare with inflation.
COMMENT: Thanks New Zealand. Your collective dishonesty costs me thousands of dollars a year.
Savers look set to suffer more pain at the bank after the Reserve Bank made a surprise move and cut the official cash rate.