Category: News

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...

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...