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660 days ago

Understanding money is path to wellbeing

The Team from Momentum Waikato

Managing your own finances wisely is a life skill that is becoming ever more important for survival and wellbeing in the modern world, and yet many people don’t know how to make money work for them and often pay a high price for that lack of understanding.

Cambridge philanthropists John and Nicola Kenel see this knowledge gap as a serious issue for the wellbeing of individuals, families, communities and the nation. Treasury recommended in 2010 that financial literacy be added to the school curriculum, but with no sign of that actually happening, they decided to get on with actively supporting financial literacy training in the community.

So in mid-2022 they made a significant founding donation to establish the Waikato Financial Literacy Fund at Momentum Waikato. It offers grants for well-run local financial literacy programs for kids and teenagers, and providing access to relevant online tools and apps, such as ‘SquareOne’.

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More messages from your neighbours
4 days ago

Poll: Are you a Te Huia fan?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

All three Hamilton MPs appear to be united behind the retention of the Te Huia passenger rail service between Hamilton and Auckland, as well as potentially expanding it to Tauranga.

But whether Hamilton East’s Ryan Hamilton, Hamilton West’s Tama Potaka and soon-to-be Labour list MP Georgie Dansey have the combined power to shunt transport minister Chris Bishop and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon onto their line of thinking remains to be seen.

Are you a Te Huia fan? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Are you a Te Huia fan?
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35 votes
17 days ago

Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?

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4 days ago

TWINKLEBELLS NEEDS A FOREVER LOVING HOME

Michelle from Saint Andrews

HI MY NAME IS TWINKLEBELLS AND I'M LESS THAN A YEAR OLD I'M DE-SEXED, REGISTERED & MICROCHIPPED AND LOOKING FOR A HOME I CAN CALL MY OWN, DUE TO A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES MY HUMAN MUMMY CAN NO LONGER KEEP ME HERE ANYMORE AND I KNOW I WOULD BE MUCH BETTER OFF IN A SAFE AND LOVING HOME OF MY OWN, I COME WITH MY CAT CARRY CASE AND I AM FREE OF CHARGE JUST GET MY MICROCHIP DETAILS CHANGED OVER AND I CAN BE YOURS FOREVER I WAS FOUND ORPHANED ON A FARM 4 HOURS FROM THE WAIKATO, STARVING, SCARED AND ALONE, I HAVE HEALED SINCE THEN AND I REALLY AM A LOVELY WEE GIRL AND I COULD BE YOUR FAITHFUL COMPANION FOR A VERY LONG TIME, ALL I NEED IS PATIENCE, TIME, LOVE AND XTRA AFFECTION WOULD SOMEONE OUT THERE PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE TO TRULY BLOSSOM AND I COULD BE A SPECIAL FAMILY'S BEST FRIEND PHONE MICHELLE ON HAMILTON 07 8497744

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