New Zealand finance directory offering national listings for banks, building societies, lenders, investment advisors, life coaches and more. Plus financial advice and information to help you make your money work for you.

Money Monkey

If you're looking forward to a bit of a spending spree, use our Weekly Splurge calculator to find out how far you can go wild in the jungle out there. Money Monkey can't guarantee to keep you completely on track, but hopefully can help stop you falling out of your tree when your next credit card bill or bank statement comes swinging your way! (Don't forget, that the wisest of monkeys will always get financial advice from the professionals).

Check out what your splurge could look like this week!

Bringing Pensions to NZ

This month, we get to beat our chests a bit about how to save and sort your money out for your retirement years in New Zealand. We’re focusing particularly on new arrivals to New Zealand from the UK, who may be wondering how their UK pension can be transferred to New Zealand. After all, nobody wants to pay money into a pension plan for years, just to see it all swallowed up in red tape and baffling bureaucracy.

View more about Pensions Transfers from the UK to New Zealand

New Zealand Finance Directory

Money doesn't necessarily make you happy, but it can certainly help and in the words of one cheeky little monkey, (also known as Woody Allen), "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

 Whilst you probably won't find that the advice on Money Monkey will help you make your millions, you will find advice, information and plenty of pointers towards the financial experts and finance companies throughout New Zealand who can help you manage and make the most of your money.

Managing money is often serious business (and certainly big business too), but we hope you enjoy using the Money Monkey directory, including: 

  • Your Weekly Splurge – A quick and easy calculator designed to give you an idea of what’s left over in your weekly budget for your Saturday shopping or big night out! (work out Your Splurge).
  • My Planner – Work out how much you spend weekly, fortnightly and monthly. The results may surprise you! Find out where your money goes and where you can start making savings if you need to (view My Planner).

Money Monkey is designed to give you a wealth of finance information, from how to open a bank account to how to transfer your UK pensions to New Zealand; how to find a bank to how much tax you should pay, how to find a financial advisor near you and how to arrange mortgages, insurance, superannuation and much more.

If you would like share the details of a site you have found particularly useful, please feel free to suggest a site to the Web monkeys, who spend their time updating the site’s content. 

 

NZ Financial News

Diana Clement: Keeping a bigger piece of the pie
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Source: New Zealand Herald - Personal Finance
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KiwiSaver on track but survey has mixed result
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Source: New Zealand Herald - Personal Finance
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Monthly Economic Indicators – September 2007
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Source: New Zealand Treasury Economic and Financial News
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Monkey's Tips

Avoid shopping at dairies or convenience stores if possible and shop at larger supermarkets, where prices are much cheaper. Buy in bulk when supermarkets have special offers for items you use regularly.