From 2pm yesterday, people enrolling in KiwiSaver no longer receive a $1000 kick-start payment.

The Government has promised not to make any further cuts to KiwiSaver after scrapping a $1000 payment which all members received upon signing up.

The decision to cut the $1000 kickstart for KiwiSaver was inevitable and is unlikely to stop people from joining up to the retirement savings scheme, says an expert.

Legal high company Stargate Operations is being chased by IRD for $850,000.

David Chaplin on insurance company 'churn' or the shifting of clients to different providers for commission.

As property prices in the area escalate by around $1000 a day, agent says owners of the brand-new $1.14m house have simply "changed their minds".

The David Ross effect came into play again last week Sovereign hived off its remnant investment business.

The IRD has released a summary of commonly made mistakes by non-professional property investors.

When planning for the future seems just too hard, we all need a way to put it in focus.

To raise unspoiled children, discuss financial issues openly, says new book.

Dampening highly geared speculators' appetite for the Auckland cash-box housing market got the thumbs up from many quarters yesterday.

David Chaplin says the Reserve Bank has made a heroic attempt to hose down the smouldering Auckland property market.

The Reserve Bank will introduce new limits on lending to property investors in the Auckland Council area that would require those borrowers to have at least a 30 per cent deposit. What effect will this have?

Everyone says interest rates are low therefore they must go up. But Brent Sheather says maybe not so, in the short term.

A Netflix tax? Soon, overseas companies will have to collect goods and services tax at 10pc a pop on "online intangibles" or digital goods and hand it over to the Aussie government.

Hammerheads restaurant is in liquidation after occupying a prime waterfront position for more than 20 years.

Although an incredible 44 per cent of Kiwisavers have changed from their default, shifting the rest will be a challenge.

Graeme Hart's Rank Group confirmed it plans to sell down its stake in Carter Holt Harvey in an initial public offering.

Transferring your credit card balances to lower-rate cards can save you hundreds of dollars, but here’s how to avoid unwelcome surprises.

Inland Revenue now has a clear path to try to bankrupt an accountant who owes it nearly half a billion dollars.

Record numbers of New Zealanders are seeking to make a mint on foreign exchange trading.

Desperate home-buyers have resorted to sleeping in cars overnight in the hope of securing one of 12 sections when they go up for sale this morning.

Special team zeroes in on landlords and speculators, netting $258 million in unpaid tax in past 5 years.

Rules can mean it’s easier for single-parent child to get passport or medical care than to join savings scheme, Mary Holm writes.

Carmel Fisher says it is hard to judge the true worth of growth stocks.

Auckland Uni tax professor Craig Elliffe says there is a proposal to change the way non-residents NZ-sourced interest is taxed.

The 2015 UK general election is almost upon us and it's shaping up as one of the most interesting and unpredictable contests in decades.

Andrew King of the NZ Property Investors Federation outlines the main concerns around housing in Auckland - and clears up some of the facts.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the Reserve Bank Bulletin.