Category: News

15 March 2023

Submission on buy now, pay later...
To ensure our clients and their financial wellbeing have been considered in the recently proposed...

13 March 2023

Genesis Energy forgives debts of women a...
Genesis Energy sometimes forgives all or part of the power debts of survivors of violent...

20 February 2023

Getting support for Cyclone Gabrielle an...
Our thoughts are with those who have been impacted by the recent disasters here in...

5 December 2022

Marking International Economic Harm Awar...
To mark International Economic Harm Awareness Day, we held an event on 24th November to...

1 December 2022

Year in Review 2021/2022...
Good Shepherd NZ has published its Year in Review for the 2021/2022 period.

26 November 2022

International collaboration calls for gr...
For International Economic Abuse Awareness Day, organisations across the globe are calling for international recognition...

25 November 2022

Separate offence needed to protect victi...
Advocates are calling for financial abuse to be made a stand-alone offence, saying it is...

24 November 2022

Economic harm: Working together to make ...
Wiping and reducing unmanageable debts, upskilling employees, monitoring abusive transactions and adapting processes to be...

24 November 2022

We can’t eliminate family violence if ...
Good Shepherd NZ is recommending an immediate law change to recognise economic abuse as its...

24 November 2022

‘I had serious concussion, bad credit ...
Parliament is urged to make an immediate law change to protect those who suffer economic...

25 October 2022

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

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...