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NZ investors say they're felling good about our financial markets, according to new research from the Financial Markets Authority.

A contributions holiday can be taken once you've been a KiwiSaver member for at least 12 months.

Anyone in KiwiSaver for three years can now take out everything in their account, except the final $1000, to buy a first home, Helen Twose writes.

Craigs Investment Partners' Mark Lister has boiled down his top financial advice to three key tips he'll give his kids.

If you’re looking to get ahead, here’s where your dollars make the most sense.

Q: I'm a single guy looking to use KiwiSaver to buy my first home. I've been a member for 7 years. Is it correct the Govt will give me an additional $10k for my first home?

Now that KiwiSaver is less attractive, where should parents save money for kids?

Half of Kiwis don't have a will. In the under-40 age bracket the figure jumps to 70 per cent.

People will be automatically enrolled in KiwiSaver under changes being considered by the Government.

KiwiSaver providers could introduce minimum amounts for opening new accounts or minimum saving requirements in the wake of the Government's snap decision to cut the $1000 kick-start.

Prime Minister John Key says axing the $1000 kickstart grant to new KiwiSaver members in the Budget "will not make a blind bit of difference to the number of people who join".

Bill English just couldn't resist killing the $1000 KiwiSaver kickstarter - it was just lying there looking vulnerable.

Keeping silent about axing the $1000 kickstart payment for new KiwiSaver members, isn't a broken promise, strictly speaking, writes Audrey Young.

New research by IRD says KiwiSaver's cost $6b in taxpayer money - but success has been 'marginal, at best.'

From 2pm yesterday, people enrolling in KiwiSaver no longer receive a $1000 kick-start payment.

The Government has promised not to make any further cuts to KiwiSaver after scrapping a $1000 payment which all members received upon signing up.

The decision to cut the $1000 kickstart for KiwiSaver was inevitable and is unlikely to stop people from joining up to the retirement savings scheme, says an expert.

A reader writes: Is there a minimum contribution my partner needs to have been making in order to be eligible for the KiwiSaver HomeStart?

Dear 20-somethings: You're quite right that nobody can make any promises about KiwiSaver in the future - or at least any promises that we can be confident a future government will keep.

Tens of thousands of first-home buyers stand to benefit from a KiwiSaver change coming into effect next month.

Setting yourself up for life financially can be done with seven easy steps.

Those that you live with have the strongest influence on your investment decisions, a Massey researcher has found.

As you pump money into your KiwiSaver with each pay, where exactly does it flow to?

I have been retired for one year now and am thinking of using my KiwiSaver balanced fund to provide an income.

Don’t forget to pick up your big five hundy this year in KiwiSaver.

My wife and I both joined KiwiSaver. At that stage she was employed. She is no longer employed.

Combining employer’s scheme with KiwiSaver choices opens possibilities, Mary Holm writes.