Financial author Martin Hawes joined the show to discuss the reality of retirement versus your expectations, and why increasing your KiwiSaver contributions might be your saving grace.

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Financial author Martin Hawes joined the show to discuss the reality of retirement versus your expectations, and why increasing your KiwiSaver contributions might be your saving grace.
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Looking to make sense of your dollars? Newstalk ZB’s Smart Money delves into the deep, dark recesses of unwanted debt, traverses the highs and lows of investments and helps to ensure you money works for you.

Our industry experts give us their top tips on a wide selection of topics including mortgage rates, stock, savings, goal-setting and retirement.

Looking to make sense of your dollars? Newstalk ZB’s Smart Money delves into the deep, dark recesses of unwanted debt, traverses the highs and lows of investments and helps to ensure you money works for you. Our industry experts give us their top tips on a wide selection of topics including mortgage rates, stock, savings, goal-setting and retirement.

Looking to make sense of your dollars? Newstalk ZB’s Smart Money delves into the deep, dark recesses of unwanted debt, traverses the highs and lows of investments and helps to ensure you money works for you.

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Martin Hawes: The reality of retiring

Tensions are high for everyone right now, and I know most people will either be nervously checking their KiwiSaver balance on the daily, or completely ignoring it until things calm down a bit. 

The most repeated advice advisors will be giving right now is to simply ignore your balance for the time being - that by the time the first bomb dropped, it was too late to change anything. But is that really true? 

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Tensions are high for everyone right now, and I know most people will either be nervously checking their KiwiSaver balance on the daily, or completely ignoring it until things calm down a bit.&nbsp;
The most repeated advice advisors will be giving right now is to simply ignore your balance for the time being - that by the time the first bomb dropped, it was too late to change anything. But is that really true?&nbsp;
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Rupert Carlyon: Global tension? Ignore your KiwiSaver

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From April 1st, the KiwiSaver minimum default contribution rate will move up to 3.5%. 

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From April 1st, the KiwiSaver minimum default contribution rate will move up to 3.5%.&nbsp;
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Chris Wilson: KiwiSaver changes need some tweaking

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We've all found ourselves day dreaming about where we'd spend a big Lotto win at one point or another. 

Realistically, many of us will come into a major windfall - but it's likely to come in the form of a bonus at work, or an inheritance. 

Is it okay to buy a new car and go on holiday? Or should we invest it all? 

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We've all found ourselves day dreaming about where we'd spend a big Lotto win at one point or another.&nbsp;
Realistically, many of us will come into a major windfall - but it's likely to come in the form of a bonus at work, or an inheritance.&nbsp;
Is it okay to buy a new car and go on holiday? Or should we invest it all?&nbsp;
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Nick Crawford: The mistakes people make with a windfall

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Martin Hawes: The reality of retiring

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