Debt

Tonga sets out development priorities to tackle debt. Audio

Stories about surging inflation, successive food price rises and more Kiwis in arrears topped bulletins and filled front pages last year. But recent news about slowing inflation, cheaper food and… Audio

The only two certainties in life are taxes ... and death.  Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Seismic cracks and new earthquake-related infrastructure rules are causing havoc with Wellington City Council's budgets and long term planning. Audio

Budgeting services are calling for an end to attachment orders which take automatic debt repayments from people's benefits. The Ministry of Justice can impose an order on someone who owes money, for… Audio

Recent reports have warned of a ‘mortgage bomb’ that could blow up - and a growing number of people unable to pay back debts. Is the story as explosive as some headlines would have you believe? 

Auckland Councillors will get to see the final shape of the city's Budget when it's presented to them by Mayor Wayne Brown today - but the issue of how to plug a massive hole in the finances could be… Audio

Andrew Hubbard from Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to share a new report which calls for the government to wipe the debts that clients owe to the Ministry of Social Development. Audio

Senior market analyst Jeffrey Halley joins the show to discuss interest rates and a number of other financial matters, including why New Zealanders should be putting their money in term deposits for… Audio

When Neil Edmond's children were at school, he became alarmed that they weren't being taught financial literacy.What is a bank account? How does interest work? What's the difference between a credit… Audio

This week on The Detail we've tackled New Zealand's "complex and convoluted" extradition laws and the looming threat of Long Covid in the employment sphere - and much more. Whakarongo mai to any… Audio

More than half a million low income New Zealanders collectively owe the government $3.5 billion. Why do they owe so much? What's it for? And can they pay it back? Audio