Student Loans

The following is a selection of articles mainly from January 2005 to the present. To explore this topic in more depth and access earlier columns, please use the search box.

Articles

NZ Herald 5 March 2011

Q&As: Should couple sell their house, and buy again later?
- The high price of not organising your automatic payments well
- When you should and shouldn't repay your student loan quickly - and future prospects
- 2 Q&As on what happens to KiwiSavers when they retire

NZ Herald 20 November 2010

Q&As: Have I been too easy on the banks, or is a reader being too tough?
- Why does it take so long to clear a cheque in this computer age?
- Inland Revenue acknowledges delays in processing student loan bonus payments

NZ Herald 6 November 2010

Q&As: How to weigh up contributing to KiwiSaver versus repaying your student loan, now that there's a repayment bonus
- Gold investors should take care about who is storing their bullion
- How long should it take to process a KiwiSaver application?

NZ Herald April 25 2009

Q&As: It's top-up time for many people in KiwiSaver
More ideas for couple having trouble affording their first home
3 Q&As on the government's new student loan repayment bonus

NZ Herald April 18 2009

Q&As: The pluses and minuses of the government's new student loan repayment bonus.
2 Q&As on the woes - and possibilities - for first home buyers.

NZ Herald July 28 2007

Q&As: KiwiSaver providers that are offering ethical investment funds.
More on ethical KiwiSaver funds.
Will the KiwiSaver kick-start be around for a while?
Could the government take KiwiSaver money to repay student loans?
Oops! Too much haste.
Sack adviser who recently recommended Bridgecorp.

NZ Herald June 9 2007

Q&As: Super saver, 19, might be best to stay out of the rental market unless his parents have deep pockets.
Former landlord tells his nightmare story.
Is it good for New Zealand when our young take off on their OE?

NZ Herald June 2 2007

Q&As: Student allowance rip-off is not OK.
Advice for house-less Gen Xers: Buy a rental property in the provinces.
Rental property buyers feel like the scourge of society.
The cliché king has his say.
Cardboard boxes and contentment.

NZ Herald May 19 2007

Q&As: Four readers give diverse views on whether baby boomers or Generation Xers got a better deal on tertiary education, student loans, and affordability of houses.

NZ Herald December 16 2006

Q&As: Should man, 64, get student loan for the income, given that he probably won't ever repay it?
Passing shares down the generations has good and bad points.
Why did GPG get an exemption from the new international share tax rules?
Woman makes great progress in one short year.
New charity aims to help children help themselves.

NZ Herald April 15 2006

Q&As: Attitudes to student loans.
Interest on student loans.
Fear and share investment.
Spending in retirement.

NZ Herald April 8 2006

Q&As: Buying a share on a rumour.
Retiring at 40 (2 Q&As).
Investing student loan money.

NZ Herald April 1 2006

Q&As: Can he retire?, 40-year-old asks.
Couple about to retire wonder if their expenses will drop as they get older.
Student loan interest ends. What happens if you go overseas?

Syndicated column November 29 2005: The student loan lark - what students can and can't do

Student loans are back in the news. And there's some confusion about how students will be able to use - or abuse - the system when all loans become interest-free next April.

Syndicated column September 20 2005: Wellington and Christchurch dwellers big spenders and risk takers

So much for Aucklanders' image as the big spenders, risk takers and owers of debt!

Wellington and Christchurch dwellers are more inclined to put some of their savings into high-risk, high-return investments than Aucklanders, a recent survey shows.

NZ Herald September 17 2005

Q&As: Don't be rushed into buying an apartment.
2 Q&As on how student loans can be invested.
A finance company has its say.

NZ Herald September 10 2005

Q&As: How to go about investing your student loan.
How to find rating information on finance companies.

NZ Herald March 12 2005

Q&As: Student's letter is real! Some students DO invest their loan money.
Who can help home buyers spot a leaky home?

NZ Herald March 5 2005

Q&As: How to invest a student loan, and SHOULD you?
Where can you get an apartment for $100,000?
Bonds may beat term deposits, even for the short term.