Saving

Starting early makes it easy

Kiwi Story

Pauline is 18 years old and in her first job. She has strong reasons for wanting to get her money sorted ...
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Marcia made her own lunch and saved a packet

Kiwi Story

Marcia is doing it tough financially. Money just seems to slip through her hands and she feels like ...
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Let's go surfing

Kiwi Story

Sam’s at high school, he lives with his parents on a dairy farm and he works with his father ...
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Helping kids save

Kiwi Story

Nathan is 9 years old. His parents want to teach him good savings habits. Nathan has started pestering ...
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Footloose and fancy free

Kiwi Story

Jason was a bit of a rager until he settled down at 35. He was out most nights of the week. He was ...

Finding out about tax

Kiwi Story

John and Judy were looking at two savings products. One was offered by their bank, and the other by a ...

A little help from the boss can add up to a lot

Kiwi Story

Rajiv is offered the chance to join a savings scheme through work. The scheme's fees are paid by his ...

Saving

Decided you want to get saving? Great. This section contains tools to help you.

Private savings

For most people, there will be a gap between the annual income that New Zealand Superannuation provides, and the annual income they want in retirement.

Pay off debt or save?

Should you pay off your debt faster or start saving now?

Glossary: debt