Good Shepherd NZ calls for a crackdown on economic abuse, on the back of new research. Read more
A new report has revealed financial resources are being used to control women by limiting their access to money and even vandalising their vehicles to stop them from getting to work. Read more
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Hon Kris Faafoi has welcomed progress to make safer financial services available to people in need, including a new initiative to allow banks and financial mentors to share information to help their clients. Read more
Diana Crossan, Chair of Good Shepherd NZ and a former New Zealand Retirement Commissioner, speaks to RNZ’s Guyon Espiner about new fee and interest rate caps introduced by the Government in an attempt to reduce predatory lending. Listen here
Good Shepherd NZ partnered with a number of key stakeholders in the consumer lending industry to host the Financial Inclusion Industry Forum, opened by Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi. Read more
In collaboration with our Women’s Research, Advocacy and Policy (WRAP) team at Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, we recently released our report Economic Abuse in New Zealand: Towards an understanding and response. The report found that the issue is widespread...
Beth is a busy single mother of six children aged between one and 14. Her goal to get off the single person’s benefit was threatened because the sleep consultancy training she aspired to was not approved by NZQA and therefore...
BNZ’s Good Report showcases the great work it does to support communities, and we’re thrilled that this year our Community Finance partnership is featured. Watch and read more here
An interim report by Malatest International confirms that Community Finance loans can have a range of positive impacts for people accessing them. A little over half the loans are used to purchase vehicles, and a number of participants in the...
Image: Left to Right: Hon. Carmel Sepuloni, Minister of Social Development; Diana Crossan, Good Shepherd NZ Chair; Vui Mark Gosche, Vaka Tautua Chief Executive; Paul Carter, BNZ Head of Retail Banking and Marketing; Hon. Aupito William Sio, Minister of Pacific...
Image: Julia Fonotia, community finance worker for the Salvation Army. Photo / Stephen Parker A new low- and no-interest loan scheme had been launched in Rotorua – and even those with bad credit could be eligible. The Community Finance Partnership...
Shamooni Mamo was full of nerves. At the end of last year she sat and passed the test to get her restricted licence. It took three attempts for the former refugee from Iraq to get her restricted licence, something she...
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