IndigenuityⓇ

So 2023 - I'm trying something different. We are going to call it the year of the growling. Each week I'm going to release truth bombs on my Spotify and Youtube channels. No more filters or innuendos where I try to sound supportive and neutral. You can choose to hate me...sit with that feeling...and unpack where the truth is about why you have the circumstances that you do.

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Let's get into it. 2022 felt great. And it was not because of luck. No. I worked at the damn thing from 2015 to 2021. I/we/my little whānau, worked at all the healing and growth that we needed in order to experience peace and joy.

...and a five figure 'zero'. Some people call $0 in the bank account 'zero'. I've consistently called $50,000 my zero.

2022 was different. Finally I didn't have my partner, whānau, colleagues or acquaintances rumble with me because they felt unearthed by how I say 'NO' at a five figure bank balance.

No, last year, my husband joined me (it has taken a couple of years to calibrate ourselves) - and agreed that this is the life our children will be raised in. Where a house or two, a five figure bank balance, no violence, laughter and love - is allowed to be our normal. As a Māori woman and a Niuean Cook Island man - we are allowed to have this normal for our mokopuna.

I was asked to be part of an MBIE consultation process with Māori. Invited as a professional in the Māori housing/building industry, I reported to them some of the things Māori need in the Buiilding Act to help us.

Today's livestream relates to our Current stage in CleanBanking. My husband has graciously agreed to let me interview him on his money mindset he has and grew up with.

Together we will share how our mindsets have clashed. And then how we also worked to harness this and move forward. I would say we have resolved our differences, but we are committed to a common goal and some how we manage to row in sync often enough that the waka does shift forward.

We achieve our financial goals together as a couple at a later stage in life, perhaps because we have no time to waste, so we just have to.

We are going to investigate what our backgrounds taught us that have shaped our inner money voice/mindset.

I would like anyone who can, to voice record what your money mindset is, why and how it affects or benefits you. Please send your voice recording in. We can all benefit from sharing in our experiences (voice recording keeps your anonymity)