1472 days ago

Dangers of payment holidays on asset loans & other funding | Speirs Finance

Speirs Finance

Anyone would jump at the chance for a free holiday and at the onset of COVID-19 and during the initial extended lockdown, many did just this when offered payment holidays on asset loans, finance agreements and other forms of funding. This applied to both personal and business finance to provide some financial relief in a time of great uncertainty with a high degree of market disruption.

And just as COVID-19 has changed our view on holidays and travel and there are new risks to consider when holidaying, the same applies to finance any form of asset loan. Finance payment holidays generally took the form of either:

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11 hours ago

Valentine’s Special | Custom Massage & Energy Healing

Rebecca from Sandringham

A 120-minute bespoke massage and energy-healing session designed to bring awareness and sensation back into the body. Ideal for a grounding, nervous-system reset, and embodied presence.

Valentine’s Special: $200 (120 minutes)

Session includes
- Intuitive, tailored full-body massage
- Integrated energy-healing work
- Premium organic massage oils
- Custom aromatherapy
- 432Hz healing frequency soundscape throughout

Why Valentine’s?
Valentine’s doesn’t have to be outward or performative. This session is a way to reconnect internally, release stored tension, and return to the body with clarity and ease.

About
Experienced professional masseuse and energy healer. Sessions are one-on-one only and adapted precisely to what the body presents on the day.

Available in Helensville, Auckland CBD, or as a mobile service.

Limited Valentine’s availability.
Message to book or enquire.

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22 days ago

Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.

Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.

We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?

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As a customer, what do you think about automation?
  • 9.2% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
    9.2% Complete
  • 43.7% I want to be able to choose.
    43.7% Complete
  • 47.1% Against. I want to deal with people.
    47.1% Complete
2465 votes
20 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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