KiwiSaver: Can ‘free’ and ‘independent’ advice really be both? – Nadine Higgins
As long as it’s fully disclosed, there’s nothing necessarily underhand about commission payments. It doesn’t automatically mean bad…
First Home Loan: Why National’s $300,000 income cap could push up house prices – Nadine Higgins
Chris Bishop, Housing Minister and National’s housing spokesman, acknowledged this back in 2024 when the Government abolished the…
Automatic saving tips: How round-ups, Feijoa and Sharesies Investback work – Nadine Higgins
Round it up Technology has made spending dangerously frictionless – but it is also starting to offer easier…
Low-deposit home loans: What first-home buyers need to know before diving in – Nadine Higgins
The Reserve Bank doesn’t publish a breakdown of its low-LVR lending (I did ask for it), so that…
Why self-employed workers are falling behind in KiwiSaver – Nadine Higgins
Not only do they contribute less, but fewer also contribute at all. Just 44% of people who work…
Listen to The Country: Rabobank’s Emma Higgins on NZ’s dairy export strength
Andrew Murray Fonterra’s chief financial officer comments on last night’s positive GDT Auction (up 1.5%, whole milk powder…
How long should property investors hold on in the downturn? – Nadine Higgins
Like most financial decisions, psychology has as much to do with it as the numbers. Your brain focuses…
H5N1 bird flu in NZ: ‘It would really hurt,’ says Whanganui poultry farmer
“Worst-case scenario would be having to dispose of all birds, deep-cleaning the entire farm and repopulating.” For his…
H5N1 bird flu in NZ: ‘It would really hurt,’ says Whanganui poultry farmer
“Worst-case scenario would be having to dispose of all birds, deep-cleaning the entire farm and repopulating.” For his…
Superannuation debate: How means-testing could save billions – Nadine Higgins
Instead, almost 10 years later, we’re debating superannuation again. But now it costs almost a billion dollars a…
Why we keeping paying more, for less – Nadine Higgins
It’s when the service quietly deteriorates while the price stays the same. Or worse – you need to…
Who’s liable when AI gives bad financial advice? – Nadine Higgins
“They are trying to personalise their recommendations or their advice. You can talk to your money and ask…