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27 March 2014
Reading time: 4 minutes
When you’re always just living from payday to payday, something needs to give if you want to get ahead.
Updated 7 July 2025
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Discover how building an emergency fund can reduce stress, improve mental clarity and help you take control of your finances.
8 August 2013
Reading time: 4 minutes
May it happen to you often: you unexpectedly come into some money. But how best to handle it?
6 June 2013
Reading time: 6 minutes
By setting up your money matters right and growing your money automatically, you make it easy to stick to your plan.
23 February 2013
Reading time: 3 minutes
Ondine Grace has to pinch herself sometimes when she realises that she bought her first home in Dunedin at just 20 years old. Her friends are astounded.
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