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Simone Biles undergoes procedure weeks after near-death scare
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (58+ words) NZ Herald Sydney Sweeney's thrill-seeking Queenstown trip The Euphoria star shared pics of her NZ holiday with her 26 million followers. Octavia Spencer believed in herself even when Hollywood didn’t Shane Bosher's favourite spots in Auckland Your Journey to the United…...
Older people facing impossible choices as cost of living continues to bite
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (534+ words) By Penny Smith of RNZ Age Concern Auckland says older people are facing impossible choices as the surging cost of living crisis continues to bite. Annual inflation had risen to 4.1%, the highest level in more than two years. Power prices…...
‘We need a new model’... Gen Z case for compulsory KiwiSaver
1+ week, 1+ day ago (722+ words) “We need a new model,” says Gen Z economist Leonard Hong. “We need to think about an alternative way of growth. We had the Ruth Richardson and Roger Douglas experience, which in my view was important but maybe too fast....
David Seymour happy to trim MPs' retirement perks, Chris Hipkins less keen
1+ week, 4+ day ago (704+ words) Acting Prime Minister David Seymour said he did not object to taking up an old recommendation to phase out MPs’ gold-plated superannuation schemes and transition them to KiwiSaver. “I don’t have an objection to that. I’m not personally in KiwiSaver…...
What Hadrian teaches us about a financial plan
2+ week, 1+ day ago (676+ words) Hadrian's Wall has a lesson for financial advisers and their clients, Nick Stewart writes. Nick Stewart is a financial adviser and CEO at Stewart Group. Hadrian’s Wall has fascinated me since I was a kid. This week I’ve been cycling…...
Nadine Higgins: Means-testing NZ Super could cut entitlement by 40%
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (943+ words) In 2017, I wrote an (admittedly quite provocative) open letter to Baby Boomers, following an election policy by National to raise the age of entitlement to the old-age pension to 67. It wasn’t enough, I posited, and the intergenerational inequities would eventually…...
Bevan Graham: NZ needs a retirement income strategy, not three separate debates
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1025+ words) It is encouraging to see retirement income policy back on NZ’s political agenda. With an ageing population, rising fiscal pressures and a growing role for KiwiSaver, now is the time to ask a simple question: what should NZ’s retirement income…...
We means test almost every other welfare payment. Why not NZ Super?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (842+ words) ACT's new deputy leader Nicole McKee talks about her party's plan for smaller government, and criticism of her commitment to her Māori heritage. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY Senseless batting from England has opened the door for a Kiwi triumph. Video…...
The money myth that stops high-income earners from building wealth
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (569+ words) Hannah McQueen has spent nearly two decades helping New Zealanders get ahead financially. But one of the biggest myths she still sees is that earning more automatically leads to building wealth. McQueen shares her thoughts on the maths of money…...
'Can’t drop the ball': New Grey Power president on challenges ahead
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (776+ words) Grey Power New Zealand has appointed a new national president as the organisation looks to strengthen its advocacy for older Kiwis. Katikati-based David Marshall was elected to the role at the organisation’s annual meeting after more than a decade of…...