Finance

An independence plan is not a formal document or a complicated process. It is simply a way of thinking ahead so you can continue making your own choices if circumstances change.

If you want to maximise the value of your assets by turning your home or bach into an income-earner, it's important to understand how it will affect your insurance.

Solar power is becoming a familiar feature across New Zealand suburbs and it can be a long-term, satisfying investment. Yet it is not a universal solution.

You wouldn’t purchase a new washing machine without shopping round first, so why do so many people stick with a credit card that isn’t giving them what they need?

Welcome back to our series on winding up a home that’s not your own. Today we take stock of some of the first essential jobs requiring our attention.

Financial confidence is often treated as something you either have or you do not, but in reality it is far more fluid than this

Just because your car can go off the beaten track, doesn’t mean you have insurance to cover you if you have an accident while doing so.

Equal treatment can feel fair in theory, yet strict equality does not always sit comfortably beside very unequal circumstances.

Walk into a forest and everything feels different. The air is fresh, the sunlight radiates through the trees. Forests stand resiliently, growing to nature’s timetable.

There are a handful of recurring assumptions that regularly lead to disappointment at claim time, particularly for retirees