Blogs, Podcasts, YouTube
These are some good investing and personal finance related blogs, podcasts, and YouTube channels.
Last updated: 13 September 2021
New Zealand Blogs
Money King NZ
You’re on this site right now! Here you’ll find practical articles on investing in NZ, whether it be in shares, bonds, funds, peer to peer lending, or even cryptocurrency.
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The Happy Saver
A happy and friendly blogger, Ruth shares her thoughts and experiences with investing and money management.
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Passive Income NZ
Rohan’s informative blog with a focus on investing to earn passive income and achieving financial independence.
Your Money Blueprint
A fellow Wellington based blogger, Nick, shares regular, thoughtful articles about life, money, investing, and chasing financial freedom.
NZ Wealth & Risk
Sonnie is an authorised financial advisor, and his blog is worth checking out too.
Sam Harith
Sam Harith – The Comic Accountant writes about accounting, finance, and economics in a simple, and easy to understand manner. The topics are not specifically investing related, but still handy for investors to understand.
Mary Holm
Mary is probably New Zealand’s best known personal finance author. Of most interest on her website is her weekly column with the NZ Herald where she answers readers’ questions about money and investing.
Podcasts
NZ Everyday Investor
A great podcast with episodes featuring guests from well known NZ investment services like InvestNow, Kernel, and Pie Funds.
It’s No Secret
Cat and Christine (from Kernel) discuss money topics that Kiwis often find difficult to talk about.
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The OneUp Project
Excellent show covering a wide range of personal finance matters as well as personal development topics.
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Cooking the Books
An easy to listen to podcast talking about a wide range of money topics including investing, budgeting, and housing.
Your Money with Mary Holm
Mary Holm also has a fortnightly podcast series on RNZ, covering everything from KiwiSaver to retirement and mortgages.
The Happy Saver Podcast
Excellent blogger The Happy Saver also has a podcast! Every person has a unique story to tell when it comes to money, and in each episode of this podcast, Ruth shares the money journey of an everyday person.
Girls That Invest
A podcast made by women, for women investors. They are NZ based, although their content isn’t specific to NZ.
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Sharesies Recap
A short daily podcast covering financial news of the day.
ASB Investment Podcast
A monthly podcast about what’s going on in the economy and financial markets.
YouTube Channels
Henk Hustle
Henk presents very practical information about a bunch of NZ personal finance topics, from investing, to the cheapest mobile phone providers.
Joshua Wang
Joshua is a YouTuber who talks about different NZ investment services, and his experiences in investing in a NZX share portfolio (through Sharesies).
Investing with Tom
Tom is another Kiwi YouTuber. While not all his videos are NZ focussed, he covers a wide range of topics which you are sure to find useful.
The Archives
Great resources which are sadly no longer active.
The Smart and Lazy
The Smart and Lazy was an amazingly comprehensive blog about investing in NZ, with lots of great number crunching.
Piki Living
A Filipino Kiwi family with some very interesting ways of thinking about money and early retirement.
Stock Market Movers
Stock Market Movers is a weekly podcast that covers the news about companies on the NZ sharemarket.
