News & Media 2022

25 October 2022

International Economic Harm Awareness Da...
Join us on Saturday 26th November to raise awareness of the work that’s making a...

18 October 2022

Shifting the dial – having the confide...
Hayley, a Financial Wellbeing Coach with six years' experience in financial services, shares her favourite...

15 September 2022

Why is it so hard to talk about money?...
Money can be an uncomfortable topic to discuss with your partner. It can make or...

15 September 2022

Helping people take control of their fin...
Frances Ronowicz, BNZ’s Head of Customer Care, shares how we partner with Good Shepherd NZ...

8 September 2022

Rebuilding financial wellbeing, one fami...
As BNZ’s Head of Customer Care, Frances Ronowicz gets to see the positive effects BNZ’s...

7 September 2022

Govt declines to free up emergency lendi...
Despite urgent attempts to fix the Credit Contracts Act, banks say they are constrained in providing assistance such as...

31 August 2022

New insights report: Economic Harm Suppo...
Our new interim report provides a brief insight into the issues we have observed in...

24 August 2022

Banks ‘need to know how to deal wi...
Banks and other lenders need to be given clear guidelines on how they should deal...

8 August 2022

Diana Clement: The tell-tale signs of fi...
Opinion: Family violence often focuses on physical acts. What's often not discussed is financial or...

5 August 2022

Toxic boyfriend used my money for drugs ...
It started as the stuff of dreams.Flowers were delivered, romantic dinner dates beckoned, and he...

2 August 2022

Don’t sabotage your money conversa...
OPINION: Withdrawing, blaming, invalidating, escalating and catastrophising; there are many ways people sabotage money conversations at...

25 July 2022

Diana Clement: Are you in a financial cr...
Opinion: The pandemic and now inflation have hit hard for some Kiwis. Unfortunately, financial distress...