KiwiSaver Funds - March 11th Money Mistake: The top 5 mistakes to avoid in your forties Co-author: Maddie Clarey With a few decades under your belt - and a few solid life lessons learnt - your forties can be a pivotal decade when it comes to your finances. And, while habits developed in your twenties …
Home Loans - February 13th Don’t expect an OCR change until 2021: RBNZ On 13 February, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced it is keeping the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 1.75% and expects to keep it there until as far ahead as 2021. Canstar takes a …
Credit Cards - February 7th Is your relationship with money toxic? Walks on the beach and dinner by candlelight: For some, this will be a dream picture of love. For others, it’ll create the feeling of butterflies in the stomach, but really it’s your breakfast repeating …
Home Loans - February 3rd Could you stay afloat if banks increase home loan rates? Co-author: Justine Davies In a reverse of the age-old "What goes up, must come down" saying, it is highly probable New Zealand's current low home rate environment will not stick around forever and that increases are …
Credit Cards - January 31st Wedding costs & how to avoid overspending Co-author: Christine Thelander According to multiple sites, including website My Kiwi Wedding, the average cost of a wedding in New Zealand is around $35,000. That's an awful lot of money! So, we at Canstar wanted to take …
Credit Cards - January 23rd BNZ is Canstar’s first-ever Bank of the Year – Credit Cards Out of 11 providers, BNZ has come out on top in 2019 and has been awarded the inaugural title of Canstar Bank of the Year – Credit Cards. We caught up with Ross Jackson, BNZ Head …
Credit Cards - January 23rd New year, new financial you: credit card tips If you happened to get caught up in the gift-giving spirit this Christmas – and went a little wild on the old credit card - you’re not alone. In the month before Christmas, New Zealanders spent …
KiwiSaver Funds - January 21st Keeping track of your KiwiSaver balance & contributions KiwiSaver can be just the tool you need to build up retirement savings - or even contribute towards a first home deposit. But do you know what your KiwiSaver balance is? Canstar shows you how you …
KiwiSaver Funds - January 17th What did KiwiSaver look like before it hit its pre-teens? Canstar takes a look at where KiwiSaver has come from, before the scheme became the “poster child” for New Zealand retirement savings. When did KiwiSaver start? Officially, KiwiSaver was passed into law in August 2006. The scheme …
KiwiSaver Funds - January 8th How to get Government Contributions for Kiwisaver Whether you're planning on using KiwiSaver towards retirement, a first home - or both- finding ways to boost that savings balance will certainly help you along the way. And there is one really simple way …
