Nadine Higgins
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- 17
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- Sep 27, 2026
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What you're really buying when purchasing a business (opens the original)
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As a generation of business owners heads towards retirement, there are opportunities for younger Kiwis to buy an established operation – but there are fishhooks, too. Accountant and director of SH Advisory, Sam Harith, told Nadine Higgins on The Prosperity Project podcast that there are plenty of traps for buyers. He says clients not sticking around through a change of ownership is a huge risk. “What you’re buying is not a client base. What you’re buying is a first meeting with those clients. “A
Is 'free', 'independent' KiwiSaver advice either of those things? (opens the original)
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"Free" KiwiSaver advice may come with commissions and a limited provider list. Photo / 123RF Who can you go to for independent KiwiSaver advice? That is a much more complex question to answer than it first appears. Lots of companies offer KiwiSaver reviews. Most are marketed as “free” and “independent” – but are they genuinely either of those things? I suspect few people have a clue how a “free” KiwiSaver review is actually paid for, so let me give you the quick version. Many KiwiSaver providers
National's policy could push up house prices, not home ownership (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Housing Minister Chris Bishop. National’s $300,000 First Home Loan cap faces questions over house prices. Photo / Mark Mitchell First-home buyers have had a rough ride in this country for a long time – but National’s policy to raise home ownership levels still had me shouting “sorry, what?!” at the news. The party proposes to raise the income cap for access to First Home Loans, which allow eligible buyers to purchase with as little as a 5% deposit beca
'It has to be paid for some way' – the catch behind election promises (opens the original)
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Political parties trying to convince voters they’ll be better off under their leadership are promising everything from ‘no new taxes’ and capped council rates to free GP visits, cheaper public transport and subsidised solar. But voters should look beyond what a policy promises to put into – or keep in – their pockets and consider how it will ultimately be funded. “This is an election that’s all about the money, right?” Senior Herald correspondent and former political reporter Katie Bradford told
Buying a house? The face of due diligence has changed (opens the original)
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Property buyers are being warned that due diligence now needs to go well beyond checking the title and getting a LIM – with insurance and natural-hazard risks increasingly capable of derailing a purchase. Property lawyer and principal solicitor at Landley Law, Sue Foley told Nadine Higgins on target="_self" rel="" title="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1049-the-prosperity-project-258474717/">The Prosperity Project podcast that buying a home has become significantly more complicated over her 30 ye
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