Mary Holm
Mary Holm - 25 years with readers and writers
Mary Holm's been writing about personal finance weekly for the same paper for more than 25 years. But she tells Mediawatch it's really the readers who have kept it going. Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about important information in your annual KiwiSaver statement and how to improve it next time. Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about how it's OK to give up on ever owning a home and how it can work to be a long-term renter. Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about children and Kiwisaver a way to get them started early and potentially set up with a 33 thousand dollar home deposit by the time they turn 18. Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about children and Kiwisaver a way to get them started early and potentially set up with a 33 thousand dollar home deposit by the time they turn 18. Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about the Kiwisaver positive results for the first quarter of 2023. There's also new Kiwisaver help for new parents. Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
This week Mary Holm talks to Jesse about 'laddering' a clever way with term deposits and even mortgages. She explains exactly what it is and how it can give longer term returns on deposits; frequent… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks about the importance of 'emergency money'. A recent Financial Services Council survey found that 39% of New Zealanders don't have access to $5000 within a week without borrowing. She… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary Holm speaks to Charlotte Ryan about how to complain about any financial service in NZ. Research from the FMA shows that only a third of New Zealanders would know what to do if they were… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about what she's learnt from the Film Fraud Festival. The festival has been on a the the Q Theatre in Auckland and Mary is talking about some of the warning signs that you're… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks about why Kiwisaver default members are getting a bad deal, and problems with benchmarks for all KiwiSaver funds.
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Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about a harrowing few days being trapped in Piha while visiting friends. She's manage to leave the flood hit suburb, but says it's been a tough time for locals with no… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
For her first chat of 2023 with Jesse, Mary Holm talks about some positive financial issues. She has a list of spending that makes people happy, including paying off debt, paying for travel and… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
This week Mary talks to Jesse about the worrying state of the finances for the over 65 age group in New Zealand. She's been looking at the latest data in the Retirement Commission's report which is… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about the emails she received from people explaining who they would gift one of her two books to! Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks about 3 types of mortgages she's describing as clever. You also have a chance to win a copy of one of her two latest books. You can enter by saying in 30 words or fewer who you would… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about which funds, in and out of Kiwisaver, are best at different life stages. She says it's less about age than it is about how you will spend the money and risk… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about mortgages and whether or not you should be fixing them while there's such volatility with interest rates. She also discusses ways to split your risk with investments in… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary talks to Jesse about the Financial Markets Authority report on KiwiSaver. She also answers a question from a retired listener who has lost a substantial amount of money from her Kiwisaver… Audio