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Women, Māori and Pasifika money know-how to be targeted in new national strategy 14 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson. Photo / Michael Craig Bringing up the levels of financial know-how in women, Māori and Pasifika is the aim of a new national strategy for financial capability being launched today. Jane Wrightson, Retirement Commissioner and the head of the Commission for Financial Capability - the Government's money education arm - said the strategy would bring together commercial entities, the non-profit sector, iwi and the government to work toge...

Supplied Peter Carr, president of the Retirement Villages Residents Association of New Zealand, says residents want to level the playing field with retirement village owners. Retirement village residents have put pen to paper and fingers to keyboards in their hundreds to back a major revamp of the law governing retirement villages. A key bugbear up for debate are residents, or their families or estate, not sharing in the capital gain on units when the residents pass away or go into care. Most village owners keep the capital gain when the unit is resold. President of the Retirement Villages ...

The Government's money education arm is targeting women in a pilot programme.

Diana Clement: Save now for a better retirement 13 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read If you have some savings, chances are you'll travel more in the Discovery stage. Photo / 123RF If you have some savings, chances are you'll travel more in the Discovery stage. Photo / 123RF NZ Herald OPINION: Getting old is expensive. Youngsters and those of us who aren't quite there yet can throw stones at Boomers and all their money, but some of those supposedly rich people will hit retirement with nothing; or not enough to pay for more than the absolute basics. Don't ignore this. We're...

One major concern was contract terms that made residents responsible for the costs of repairs despite having no ownership rights to their unit.