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Jai Goradia, Indus Founder & CEO, on opening India’s fast-growing investment market to Kiwi investors and what’s next for the fintech.

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An investment fund manager says political parties need to reach a consensus on KiwiSaver, so people can get on with saving. 

ACT has announced it wants to cut the tax on investment earnings through KiwiSaver, while also scrapping the $260-a-year Government contribution. 

Labour, National, New Zealand First and Opportunity also have revealed plans for the scheme.

Milford Asset Management KiwiSaver general manager Murray Harris says we need a cross-party accord.

"If we change the rules or make it too confusing, people disengage and then they'll stop saving. So a long-term plan with one set of rules aren't changed by progressive Governments."

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You might not need more traffic. You might just need to stop losing the customers already visiting your website.

In this episode of Make It Happen, we sit down with Nakita Tugaga, founder of e-commerce agency Lenny Rocks, to break down how to turn more website visitors into paying customers.

We get into why people browse but don’t buy, the biggest mistakes hurting your conversion rate, what actually builds trust online, and how to increase your average order value without spending more on ads — including the strategies that added $700,000 in revenue for one client and doubled another brand’s average order value overnight.

Nakita also shares what it’s really taken to build a business alongside raising a child with autism, why becoming a mum made her more ambitious and how building Lenny Rocks has ultimately become about creating security, freedom and a future for her family.

If you’re already getting traffic but know your website should be converting more of it into revenue, this episode is packed with practical changes you can make to get more from the customers you already have.

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It seems like New Zealand's fallen out of love with the property-market hype - the pre-election economic and fiscal update last week basically confirmed it. 

So where should we start looking when it comes to investing, and saving up? You've heard about people doing the age-old method of buying antique collectibles, luxury watches, gold, and art-pieces - and you've heard about the newer investment crazes like crypto, NFTs, and even trading cards - and you just think... this has to be a bubble that's bound to pop, right?

How do we go about shifting a bit of our money out of the property-sector, and into something more secure? Is security even guaranteed or is there just a bit of luck involved?

Finance Specialist and Author of Money Matters, Amanda Morrall joins Tim Beveridge on Smart Money... 

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On the One Roof Radio Show, Aspire Property Management Director Mike Atkinson joins Tim Beveridge to talk about getting into the landlord game.

And if you're already in it, what’s keeping you in the game?

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If the house is in your name, is it yours? If you keep separate accounts, are your finances really separate? And what happens when an inheritance goes towards the mortgage?

On The Prosperity Project, lawyer and founder of Succession NZ Holly Egerton unpacks common misconceptions about relationship property in New Zealand, including homes, businesses, trusts and debt.

Drawing on a decade in the field and her own lengthy separation, she explains why verbal promises can leave people exposed, what contracting out agreements can cover, and why a 50/50 split may leave partners in very different financial positions.

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The topic of New Zealand-owned banks is arising again, with NZ First pitching to buy back BNZ to bolster competition. 

Kiwibank is already New Zealand-owned, but only holds a little over 6% of the lending market, raising the question – how much do Kiwis actually care about backing a Kiwi bank? 

Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich told Kerre Woodham that they've been in operation for much less time than some of those bigger banks —around 25 years compared to over 150— so they've had less time and capital to grow. 

Jurkovich told Woodham they could always be bigger and have more impact, but over the last few years they've been growing pretty strongly. 

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Chris Luxon is criticising Labour's long-awaited fiscal plan, but won't put a date on when its fiscal plan will be released.

Labour's plan includes a return to operating surplus by 2028-29 - and the party's confident every campaign promise so far is fully costed and funded.

Luxon has criticised the plan, for not costing the reintroduction of the pay equity scheme.

The National Leader told Mike Hosking his party will release its fiscal plan in the next couple of weeks, but he isn't quite sure when.

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Barbara Edmonds is adamant she's 'absolutely credible' as Labour's finance spokesperson.

The party's unveiled its Fiscal Plan, promising to return the books to an operating surplus in 2028/29.

Edmonds is confident every campaign promise so far is fully costed and funded.

She's not providing a figure for returning the former pay equity scheme, saying that will be decided in bargaining.

Edmonds told Mike Hosking this isn't her first rodeo. 

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Consumer NZ Chief Executive Jon Duffy discusses Labour's latest consumer policy.

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