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07/2/2018 |

Congratulations to our Feel Good Feast winners!

Congratulations to our lucky Feel Good Feast winners!

Each of them gets to take a group of friends to dinner with Al Brown in his test kitchen – and $8,000 to cover all expenses too.

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20/11/2017 |

Money and relationships

If you’ve ever been in a long-term relationship, then it’s likely that at some point in that relationship you’ve disagreed about money.

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09/11/2017 |

Saving makes you smile

Our survey showed just how easily our financial situation can affect our emotions, our relationships, and even our sleep.

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31/10/2017 |

Help fight food waste

Kiwis’ eyes really are bigger than our stomachs, and the bulk of us – 94% – readily admit to wasting food.

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16/8/2017 |

Strategies to start saving more

Whether you're good or bad at saving, it's possible for most people to save more. If it's done wisely and within the context of a budget - you're unlikely to notice the difference.

05/6/2017 |

Life is full of winners and losers. Background and financial wealth don't always indicate who will fall into which camp. We've all heard of the silver spoon child who fails in life and the wrong-side-of-the-tracks child who succeeds.

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24/5/2017 |

The 10 Golden Rules of Saving

Saving is easy, right? It is if you set rules and stick to them. Too many Kiwis think it's impossible to save. Yet there are tried and tested golden rules that can be applied to anyone's circumstances.

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04/4/2017 |

Clever ways to generate more from your savings

We’re all at different stages with our retirement savings journey. The humble term deposit that Kiwis have relied upon for their retirement income has been joined by new options that offer alternative ways to make the most of every dollar saved.

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01/3/2017 |

Great reasons to live in New Zealand

It's all too easy to have a cup half empty and look on the negative side of everything. Don't. New Zealand isn't perfect or the richest country but there are huge financial advantages of living here compared to the majority of other countries in the world.

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