Keep The Change

We talk with a Keep The Change reader about their forms of debt and how they got into them. We go through some practical ways we could get back in control of this and make some suggestions of how we could do this faster. Tune in as there will be thousands of people in a similar situation.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming to you on this beautiful Level 3 Friday during mental health awareness week. Surely we’ve all had that feeling at some point in our lives where we just think all of the solutions seem too practical & they are going to take too long. It stops us from even starting. What’s the point?Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There were huge concerns that an Evergrande property bust in China could cause a worldwide ripple impacting all markets. This has been brewing for months, and really for those researching close enough, years. This is often how these big shocks sneak up on us. We aren’t awake to the fact that risk is just around the corner. We are busy doing our day-to-day lives and all of a sudden it seems to just come out of nowhere.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is estimated that roughly one billion dollars of unclaimed charitable donation rebates are sitting waiting for New Zealanders to claim them. We can all claim back 33.33% of the donations that we make This podcast will give you a good solid understanding of how donations (and claiming them) work in New Zealand under our tax rules."Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are going to look at some questions that came in via Instagram today and before answering them we are going to explore how we’ve been taught to ask THE WRONG questions. This stops us from taking action. Clean your brain up with this lesson.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recently, we looked at who the Reserve Bank are and this week we are going to look at one of the levers that they pull. Well, the Official Cash Rate or OCR is the interest rate set by the Reserve Bank. It is a lever they pull to support ‘maximum sustainable employment’ and ‘price stability over the medium term’.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Us Kiwis love cars. I get it, I've had a few over the years. Usually I've not paid for these upfront either. I have used finance to buy them. Many of us use debt to get into a new vehicle. We look at the things we need to be careful of when borrowing for a vehicle. "Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Reserve Bank Of New Zealand. Who the hell are they? Their name suggests that they are the TJ Perenara of Halfbacks in New Zealand. Ready to step in off the bench if ya Westpacs, ASB’s, ANZ’s, Kiwibanks, BNZ’s, Heartlands all get injured. Although they do provide these banks with some support when things get dicey, they are also in charge of monitoring and supervising the registered banks.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mikey joins me to discuss the concept of breaking the cycle, making your own choices and getting outside of 'the system'.Taking responsibility for your financial situation.Thought provoking stuff that certainly isn't for everyone.PLEASE remember to always start with what YOU want from life.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we are going to look at low interest rates (we first looked at this in week 3). Well, what’s the big problem with low interest rates? Often they excite people as debt becomes cheaper and we love debt. BUT they aren't always exciting for people with cash or assets - find out why in this episode.Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay close to us on social media and share this with someone that you think this content will help. Together we can collectively improve the financial literacy of New Zealand - let’s get on with it. Find us here:@keepthechange_nzhttps://www.keepthechange.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.