Katie Wesney

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987 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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Making Cents · How to Plan Your Retirement as If NZ Super Won't Be There · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

There is already a hole, so I think we need to acknowledge that.

So we come back to what can we control and understanding the numbers and what you need to do going forward in terms of a plan.

Look at both sides of the equation, because I think there is a real need to have that better collective conversation in New Zealand in terms of what's sustainable, because the mass blows your mind in terms of an aging population.

And what we're doing now likely is unsustainable as population changes and

And you're never going to have a plan based on government settings staying the same for 30 years.

As a collective, we need to be having a big debate, honestly, and asking questions like what happens to the vulnerable people that we might leave behind if we do get this wrong?

What kind of society will we want to be?

What is fear?

So I think we need to be asking those questions and answering them honestly.

But at an individual level, when I'm sat in front of a client, we talk about what they can influence in their plan, which is what they do every day.

it's always a little bit of everything.

You don't just do one thing.

And I think it starts with ensuring that you have money left over every week.

So that's quite simple.

Well, tricky in this environment, actually, to be honest, in terms of cost of living.

But you have to ensure that you're working and that your income is more than your outgoing.

So that's the place you start because that feeds everything thereafter, I think.

understanding that accommodation question in terms of whether it's right for you to buy a house or not, because that is a big cost in retirement in terms of if you are carrying a mortgage or rent.

You think $555 for super at the moment and having to rent, you can quite quickly see how the math ain't mathin'.

I think we try and secure often that accommodation piece first, want to be saving for a house, have a good debt reduction strategy around that house.

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