For decades, property has been sold to New Zealanders as a sure path to financial security. But history tells a more complicated story.

 

Maria Slade revisits the collapse of Blue Chip and speaks with investors still living with the fallout years on. Why do cycles of booming property schemes, persuasive marketing and heavy losses keep repeating. And why ordinary New Zealanders continually find themselves exposed to risks they don't fully anticipate?

 

Economists, financial commentators and a psychotherapist help explore the psychology of chasing returns, the deep Kiwi faith in housing, and whether a changing market might finally force a rethink.



Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation’s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

 

Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade 
Producer: Hamish Williams 
Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews
Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy
Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman

 

https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

For decades, property has been sold to New Zealanders as a sure path to financial security. But history tells a more complicated story.
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Maria Slade revisits the collapse of Blue Chip and speaks with investors still living with the fallout years on. Why do cycles of booming property schemes, persuasive marketing and heavy losses keep repeating. And why ordinary New Zealanders continually find themselves exposed to risks they don't fully anticipate?
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Economists, financial commentators and a psychotherapist help explore the psychology of chasing returns, the deep Kiwi faith in housing, and whether a changing market might finally force a rethink.
 Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation&rsquo;s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.
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Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade&nbsp; Producer: Hamish Williams Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman
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https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke. 

But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.

As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group’s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona. 

She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.

Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation’s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.&nbsp;
But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.
As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group&rsquo;s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona.&nbsp;
She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.
Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation&rsquo;s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

The Fall of the House of Du Val

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.

 

But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.

 

As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group’s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona.

 

She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.

 

Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation’s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

 

Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade 
Producer: Hamish Williams 
Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews
Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy
Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman

 

https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.
&nbsp;
But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.
&nbsp;
As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group&rsquo;s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona.
&nbsp;
She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.
&nbsp;
Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation&rsquo;s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.
&nbsp;
Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade Producer: Hamish Williams Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman
&nbsp;
https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

4. Safe as Houses

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