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Real-life read
16 September 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
How financial wellbeing helps me show up for my whānau
Barbara Reid shares how the money lessons she’s learned throughout her life enable her to create stability for her kids and support her community.
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Updated 15 September 2025
Reading time: 4 minutes
How te ao Māori helps keep me on track with my money
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori gives everyone the chance to learn about money from a new perspective. Discover how traditional Māori wisdom can help your modern money management.
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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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