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Mary Holm: Should I pay off the mortgage or put all my money into KiwiSaver?
OPINION: When the division of an estate comes between families.
Lives of 50,000 retirement village residents could change in proposed shakeup
"We’re very pleased with this as a starting point as well as the tenor of the proposals."
Mary Holm: Have you been caught out by the KiwiSaver cut-off date?
OPINION: Some businesses don't charge for contactless payment, but others do.
Ryman Healthcare shareholder returns ‘unsatisfactory’, AGM hears
'We recognise this and are working hard to recover your faith.' - Claire Higgins.
Nation of Debt: Kiwis putting more on the plastic to cope with the cost of living
How the economic slowdown is stretching household budgets.
Worker taken to hospital after accident at retirement village site
Hundreds of new apartments and a hospital rising on the 2.6ha site fronting St Johns Rd.
Mary Holm: Decaying house, no cash for repairs - how to patch up the financial damage?
OPINION: The owner is 63, his carer and sibling - with no ownership of the home - is 60.
Market close: Eroad shares rise after knocking back takeover offer
Meanwhile, the index had a muted response to the hold on the official cash rate.
'Concerning' trends emerging as KiwiSaver gender gap widens
A number of challenges face women as they save less than men on average.
Mary Holm: Hands off Mum’s money - kids should wait for their inheritance
OPINION: No child should expect an inheritance, writes one reader.
Inside $150m St Heliers retirement village
Hybrid Jaguars and smart assistants feature in 'luxury' retirement village.
Stock Takes: Half year report card - the sharemarket's winners and losers
And a dogfight over Auckland Airport.
Retirement company's new village gains consent; ex Cabinet minister joins board
New director has 'vast financial and economic skills and experience'.
Scam concerns intrude on big bank probe announcement
The nasty and costly scams have prompted a warning and some advice from ministers.
Developers worry after 80.5ha Riverhead knockback
'The fear is that they’ll throw everything out.'
$166m expansion at Wellington's biggest private hospital
Full hospital redevelopment 5km south of the city's CBD.
Retirement village ripoff: $100 charge to replace $5.80 washer for toilet
'Always happy to investigate any issue of alleged unfairness or inappropriate charging.'
$750m plan: Auckland CBD's first vertical retirement village - Penthouses $13m each
Highest-price retirement village units: ORAs on two double-height penthouses $13.75m each.
Sultans of spin: The public relations industry power list
They lurk in the shadows & whisper in the ears of company CEOs. They are the spin doctors.
Bryce Wilkinson: Government profligacy is unkind
Opinion: Politicians dispense extravagant handouts because voters reward such foolishness.
Big retirement village company's net profit tumbles
Giant of the sector reports in the face of falling house prices, Government scrutiny.
Market close: Serko surges on back of better-than-expected annual result
Also, retirement stocks have found a new lease of life.
Are retirement village stocks safe? Analyst on ComCom probe
'Level of concern amongst residents and advocates about some of the sector’s practices.'
'Bizarre' NZ McDonald’s job ad excluding over-60s ‘updated’ after backlash
McDonald’s changes job ad but says "16 to 60" intended to be catchy, not discriminatory.
Commerce Commission launches retirement village probe
Investigation into potential Fair Trading Act breaches - commission.
$60 billion man resigns: Super fund to get new chief
Man at helm of Super Fund Guardians will step down this year.
$1b developer can build 422-unit Riverhead retirement project
Objections from Crown, territorial agencies to big project mainly resolved by agreement.
Wānaka developer insolvent, $440k owed to IRD
IRD appears on a statement of affairs, owed $448,000 as a preferential creditor.
Mega 422-unit retirement village faces opposition from AT, council
Council submissions cited 'significant concerns' about the plans, and potential flooding.
Remuera retirement village block demolition: Residents push back on hospital plan
Some residents don't like the idea of having to live through any site development.
Power List: The top NZ retirement village owner operators
Six businesses own 47% of villages and 63% of units: we name the giants of the sector.
Retirement village giant unveils $335m expansion at two NZ sites
Purchases allow the business with 36 existing villages to develop two more new ones.
Ten 'unfair' retirement village practices: Govt review under way
Practices a focus of Government review announced in December, due out this September.