Single mum of three, Aaria*, works nights, which means her car is essential to provide for her family while also maintaining their everyday routine. “My car was getting older and less reliable. There were recurring problems and it cost more...
There should be no changes for at least six months to new responsible lending regulations designed to protect vulnerable people from unscrupulous lenders, says Fleur Howard, chief executive of social good lender Good Shepherd. Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David...
The cost of living in New Zealand is going up faster than wages, putting finances under increased pressure. But there are things people can do to make their money go further, budgeting experts say. Inflation is at a 30-year high,...
Gain a better understanding of economic harm, while we unpack some of the common misconceptions we often hear. Economic harm slips under the radar and goes unchecked due to various misunderstandings and a lack of awareness. Its invisibility leaves people experiencing...
We speak with Project Advisor for Safety and Resilience, Beryl, about her career in family violence and what she has planned for the future. While Beryl was working at a family violence safe house, it became apparent to her that...
Like other forms of STDs, sexually transmitted debt is something you can catch from your partner. Sexually transmitted debt, or STD, is often used to describe situations where one person in a relationship becomes responsible for their partner’s financial debt....
Survivors of domestic violence are being forced to chase their abusers for child support payments, and it’s putting them and their kids at risk. Michelle Duff reports. Single mum Maria* was doing pretty well when the tax department called her....
We’re supporting the #OrangetheWorld movement, which is part of the United Nations #16daysofActivism against gender-based violence. Orange represents a brighter future, free from violence against women and girls. To show our support, our staff got together in orange, to remember 25th November...
A healthy financial relationship looks a lot like a healthy relationship,” says Ayesha Scott, a researcher at AUT. Scott researches economic abuse, and economic harm, and is among a group trying to bring about an all-of-society shift in making economic abuse...
Bank of New Zealand and some other lenders have waived the debts of victims of economic abuse. Economic abuse, and the economic harm it causes, is, as AUT University senior lecturer Ayesha Scott called it, the “weaponising of money” by an...
When we think about customer vulnerability at BNZ, we start from the basis that there’s no such group as ‘vulnerable customers’. That suggests it’s a group of customers that are easy to define which is not the case. The reality...
June shares her life story about how she has constantly grappled with economic harm and the struggles she faced trying to find her feet again. Her story highlights how the impact of economic harm continues long after a relationship ends....
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