Auckland Central Budgeting – Financial Mentors https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz Free and Independent Budgeting Service Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:53:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/testlogo1-150x142.png Auckland Central Budgeting – Financial Mentors https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz 32 32 FinCap NZBA Financial Mentoring Training Resource https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz/2024/06/22/259/ Sat, 22 Jun 2024 03:26:00 +0000 https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz/?p=259

Financial mentor and consumer rights advocate Teresa White discusses the essential role of budgeting services for New Zealanders as part of the FinCap NZBA Financial Mentoring Training Resource video on YouTube.

The video covers the basics of financial mentoring and lets key support service staff explain what financial mentors do and how they serve communities in need of assistance.

]]> Stop Attachment Orders Against Benefits https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz/2023/07/31/261/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 03:27:00 +0000 https://aucklandbudgeting.org.nz/?p=261 Attachment orders are used to collect debts from 20,000 beneficiaries a year and cause significant financial harm to individuals, their families and New Zealand society.

Community advocates sent a joint letter to the Government calling for an immediate moratorium on attachment orders against all benefits.

Read our appeal on the NZ Herald website: Why do we keep whacking poor people with mindless monetary punishments they can’t afford?

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While buy now, pay later schemes can be handy tools when you can't quite afford a big-ticket item, one loan expert is worried that people who use them on a day-to-day basis aren't seeing it as debt.

Read the full story on Newshub and watch a video interview on the challenges of BNPL funding.
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