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KiwiSaver bonus a missed opportunity

Saturday - Stuff.co.nz - Eloise Gibson

It always hurts wasting cash on "forgots". The world is full of fun ways to spend dough, so it stings all the more when our wallets are emptied by pointless waste.

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Symposium to bridge gap

30 May 13 - The New Zealand Herald - Tamsyn Parker

The success of state-asset privatisation, the role of advice for KiwiSaver members and how to identify winners on the New Zealand sharemarket are just three of the topics up for debate at a symposium that will bring finance academics and industry professionals together for the first time
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One in five seniors still work

Friday - The New Zealand Herald - One in five pensioners is still in paid employment - a figure fuelled by finance company collapses, divorce and the cost of living, experts say
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Insurance Calculator

 18 Feb 13 - There are a number of risks in life, such as natural disasters, loss of income, and sickness.
The easy to follow Personal Risk Insurance Calculator guides you step by step to determine the insurance needs necessary to protect you and your dependents against costs and loss of your income because of illness, disability or death.


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Kiwis showing good levels of financial literacy

Friday - TVNZ - New Zealanders have beaten people in 14 OECD countries at answering basic money questions.

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What is your biggest assest?

5 Jun 13 - Interest.co.nz - David Chaston
What is your biggest asset? Buying a house. Actually, buying your first house, which is usually considered the largest financial transaction of your life.

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Maxwell named as retirement commission head

Saturday - stuff.co.nz - Eloise Gibson
Former bank public relations head Diane Maxwell is the new retirement commissioner. Her appointment comes almost a year after the previous commissioner said she was stepping down.

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KiwiSaver outshines Treasury prediction

5 Jun 13 - The New Zealand Herald - Brian Gaynor
Growth to 2.1 million members by the end of March has beaten the original assumptions

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New tax rules target overseas super payments to Kiwi residents

Friday - The New Zealand Herald - Inland Revenue is getting ready to clamp down on thousands of New Zealand residents who haven't been paying tax on withdrawals from their overseas superannuation schemes.

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Workers can make employers' payments

29 May 13 - The New Zealand Herald - Helen Twose
Staff can make both the employee and company contributions, provided wages rise accordingly.

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