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Real-life read
28 July 2025
Reading time: 5 minutes
Real-life read: Noreen
In our series exploring people’s real experiences with money, Noreen has great ideas for how to build an emergency fund, plus a 12-month saving challenge you could start for extra motivation.
25 July 2025
Reading time: 7 minutes
Real-life read: Emergency savings – how I got started
In the second instalment of our two-part series, real people on everyday budgets shed light on the ways they made their cash cushion happen and stay prepared.
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21 July 2025
Reading time: 7 minutes
Real-life read: Emergency savings – what’s your why?
In part one of our two-part series, Sorted users share what led them to start their rainy-day fund and what motivates them to expect unexpected costs and keep it up.
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14 July 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
Saving for an emergency? A reflection from a child raised by the village
Some whānau pool together their pūtea to create a fund for emergencies. Here, Sorted’s kaihautū/director of Māori and learning tells how our tīpuna have provided a plan.
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14 July 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
Nā ngā tīpuna taku tuakiri i whakatipu, he tirohanga mō tēnei mea te kohi pūtea ohotata
He mahi ngātahi te rautaki kohi pūtea ohotata a ētahi whānau. Pērā i ngā tīpuna i whakarite mahere mō ngā take ohorere, ka kōrerotia ēnei āhuatanga e te kaihautū, director Māori & learning ki Sorted.