Financial education news

Juno – How much pocket money should you give your kids?

Dr Pushpa Wood helps tackle the sometimes tough issue.

JUNO - How to talk to your children about money - without nagging!

Dr Pushpa Wood shares some tips on discussing finances with your children.

Juno – How to ditch those bad spending habits

This article includes tips and ideas on how to change your bad spending habits.

JUNO - Should you help pay off your child's student loan?

Dr Pushpa Wood provides some advice on the difficult question of whether to help with paying your child's student loan.

JUNO - Is a diary the answer to your spending woes?

Dr Pushpa Wood discusses advice from a recent financial capability summit on ways to make a positive financial change including maintaing a spending diary.

Massive – Student saving tips

Dr Pushpa Wood shares some insight in how students can best manage their money.

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Herald – Retirement spending

The New Zealand Herald's article asks 'How much is enough?' and highlights the Fin-Ed Centre's retirement spending survey.

• Herald – Retirement spending

Juno – New Zealand's financial capability

Juno magazine featured commentary on New Zealand's financial capability from the Fin-Ed Centre.

• Juno – Financial capability

Westpac – NZ ranks no.11 for financial literacy

This article on the Westpac website questions if New Zealand's ranking matches our capability.

• Red News – NZ financial ranking

STUFF - YOUNG PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH FINANCES

Parents can help their children relate to financial concepts by relating them back to daily life, says Pushpa Wood.

• Stuff – Young people struggle with finances