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Worried about making the right money moves for your future? The Blueprint Finance Podcast cuts through the noise.Join award-winning adviser Daniel Lipman & Paralympian Rory McSweeney for practical, jargon-free advice on everything from mastering your mortgage to building an…
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Can Love and Money Mix? Rory and Dan Ask the Uncomfortable Questions | Ep 27 (opens the original)
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Can love and money mix? Most Kiwi couples never actually decide how they'll run their money together. They just default, and the law writes the plan for them.In this episode Daniel Lipman and Rory McSweeney ask the uncomfortable questions: joint or separate accounts, whose KiwiSaver is it really, what happens to mum and dad's gift money, and whether a prenup is a plan or a red flag.CHAPTERS00:00 — You already have a prenup. You just didn't write it.05:18 — The mum-and-dad gift that quietly becom
How Much Do You ACTUALLY Need to Retire in NZ? 2026 Breakdown. (opens the original)
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How much do you actually need to retire in New Zealand? Advisers Daniel Lipman and Rory McSweeney crunch the numbers on the three tiers of retirement — Bare Bones ($50K/yr), Modest & Comfortable ($75K/yr) and Choices ($100K/yr) — and work out the real gap between NZ Super and the lifestyle you want.They cover the "renter tax" (why not owning your own home adds $20–30K a year to your target), the 4% rule and how $765K invested can pay you for life, whether NZ Super will still be around when we re
Property Strategies I'd Avoid in 2026 (After 82 Deals) Michael Wilson | Ep 26 (opens the original)
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After 82 property deals, Michael (aka The Property Philosopher) knows exactly which strategies he'd avoid in 2026 — and which still earn S tier status. Spoiler: the flashiest ones rank worst.Michael Wilson learned property from scratch — no rich parents, a building apprenticeship, and a first deposit scraped together over 18 months by selling nearly everything he owned. 82 deals later, he joins the Blueprint Finance podcast to rank every major NZ property strategy for today's market — and to get
Do Insurers Actually WANT to Pay Your Claim? | Underwriting Explained | Ep 25 (opens the original)
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Most of us buy life, health and income insurance hoping we'll never need it — but very few of us understand what actually happens behind the scenes when we apply. In Episode 25, Daniel and Rory sit down with Daniel Freeman, Head of Underwriting at one of New Zealand's largest insurers, who brings nearly 20 years of experience to pull back the curtain on how insurers really assess risk.We get into the stuff most people never think about until claim time: why New Zealand's non-cancellable cover is
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