Susan Edmunds

RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions on pensions, KiwiSaver and retirement.

如果你被迫因天气原因放弃休假计划，哪些权利是你应当伸张的？

Trade Me says rents are down - but that could be about to change.

Realestate.co.nz said, based on its data, the national average weekly rent was down 1.8 percent in 2025 compared to 2024.

Many New Zealanders' summer holidays ended as wild weather battered the North Island.

A property reseller caught out by the falling housing market has been told to pay an Auckland couple more than $750,000 in damages, plus more than $100,000 in interest.

It has released its data for December, which shows the national median price was up 1.4 percent year-on-year to $786,977. Month-on-month it was down 1.6 percent.

More than 40 percent of employers use online guides to calculate salaries for familiar roles.

Financial mentors impart their advice for those feeling stressed about their holiday spending and back-to-school costs.

For the first time in ages, Auckland has been overtaken as the most expensive place to buy.

Borrowers might want to fix their home loans soon, forecasters warn. Audio

Auckland's Sylvia Park shop was the top-performing in the Ingka Group anywhere in the world for food sales.

Artificial intelligence could soon be helping you get your supermarket shopping done, but one expert is warning consumers to be wary of the potential trade-off.

While people are often told house prices double every 10 years that hasn't been the case since 2015, an expert says.

Holiday spending is putting a big burden on households.

An economist says adding a flat would increase the value of a property, but potentially not as much as other work might.

Squirrel chief executive David Cunningham says ANZ's new floating mortgage interest rate will increase profits and offset the 1.5 percent cashback offer on new home loans.

If you think about what you - or your parents - were spending your money on 30 years ago, it might be quite different to how you spend it now. Audio

There is no income test or asset test on the pension, so anyone can claim it, no matter what they're earning.

Other basics didn't fare much better.

There are warnings the number of businesses closing could get worse before it gets better.

The funds have not lifted participation rates or helped more disadvantaged students, an economist says.

新西兰公共医疗仅有限、有条件覆盖部分群体，但福利部门负责人表示民众仍可申请紧急补贴。

"It's a significant gap that leads to a lot of other issues in healthcare but also economically for the country," says the Dental for All campaign

Elon Musk says you might not need to worry about saving for retirement soon - but New Zealanders are being told to be very wary.