168 days ago

LIVE Q&A: Financial well-being with Cat Rikihana

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Today (Wednesday) we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with Cat Rikihana who is a financial mentor, educator and financial capability practitioner at Financial Freedom Trust in the Manawatū.

Cat Rikihana (Ngai Tahu) like many financial mentors around Aotearoa, works with individuals, groups and whānau to successfully navigate financial stress and hardship. Mentors work alongside whānau to increase confidence and skills in personal money management and advocate with and for clients. Cat enjoys delivering online and face-to-face workshops which provide opportunities to normalise money conversations and encourages people to make time to consider their financial well-being.

Cat is also an independent financial well-being coach, educator and indigenous life coach at Restore Wellness Network. She is a published writer and currently in the process of writing her first non-fiction book: 'A financial self-care guide for women in Aotearoa.'

She'd love to answer any questions you may have around your budgeting and spending habits, strategies for saving, retirement planning and debt. (Don't be shy, but be mindful about what you disclose!)

↓ Share your questions now and Cat will reply to your comment below ↓

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More messages from your neighbours
5 hours ago

Ukulele Smile

DJ from Naenae

I [C] always will remember your [G7] ukulele smile
Your ukulele smile, lovely [C] ukulele smile
When you can’t [C7] find a [F] pencil to write with
[C] Music makes the [G7] world go [C] round
[F] Black and red and
[C] Blue and green
[G7] Music makes the world go [C] round, round, round
[F] Writing a story to [C] tell our lives
I [G7] want to see your ukulele [C] smile
Oh I [F] want to see your [G7] ukulele [C] smile.

[C] I know a person who [G7] knows Jim’s wife
Say hello to Gail when you [C] see her
Gail likes [C7] cooking [F] anything that’s different
[C] Music makes the [G7] world go [C] round
I’m [F] over bakeries, that’s [C] in my past
[G7] Music makes the world go [C] round, round, round
[F] Scotch eggs are nice when they’re not [C] rolling about
I [G7] want to see your ukulele [C] smile
Oh I [F] want to see your [G7] ukulele [C] smile.

[Verse 1]
I [F] want to see your [G7] ukulele [C] smile. [****]

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3 hours ago

🧩 Crack the Code: Today’s Riddle Challenge! 🤔

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I’m a three-digit number; my tens digit is five more than my ones, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens—what am I?

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6 days ago

Kiwirail don't care about our community. Ava bridge.

Mike from Alicetown

From Kiwirail. Received today February 10th.

Work on the Ava railway bridge is scheduled to begin later this month, meaning that the walkway will be closing from 24 February.



We’re mindful that the walkway is well used by the community. The upgrade to the bridge is essential and urgent, and involves replacing the sleepers that the walkway is attached to – to keep the rail bridge in good working order for commuter trains we have to do the maintenance work now.



We are continuing to talk with Hutt City Council and are open to replacing the walkway in the future in a way that is safe and compliant. Funding for a replacement would need to be sourced via Hutt City Council as KiwiRail is only funded for work on the rail corridor, and public walkways sit outside of that.

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So mindful that they didn't mention it in nearly ten months of chat with the council.