Tools & Resources

myBudgetPal, a free tool, gives you a complete financal overview. It connects to your bank accounts and shows you where your money is going. 

Sorted is a free service from Te Ara Ahunga Ora retirement commission, providing tools and guides about debt, budgeting, saving, KiwiSaver, mortgages, retirement and more.

Savvy’s debit card and smart account learns how you spend, then helps you save and spend better. And it earns you a return on every dollar. 

MoneyTalks connects people with local foodbanks and helps them find their way through Work and Income processes offers free, confidential advice by phone, text, email and live chat.

City Mission's financial mentors support people with budgeting, setting realistic money goals, working through debt worries, dealing with Work and Income and general money education.  

Banqer is an online platform that facilitates the teaching of financial education in the classroom in a fun engaging way, creating a virtual classroom currency.

SMART$ is a theatre-in-education interactive performance designed to provoke thinking/conversation around everyday financial decisions and opportunities impacting young people.

Money Sweetspot provides financial reset debt consolidation loans to help people take charge of their financial life, reduce debts and get on with living. 

Ngā Tāngata offers small, safer, interest-free loans, as well as access to financial advisers, to New Zealanders who’ve hit a tough patch and don’t know where to turn.

Good Shepherd NZ is a charitable non-government organisation that addresses the critical, contemporary issues facing women, girls and families. They offer small loans and debt services.

Money Mates helps people about money matters. It is made up of informal support groups, based around the concept of sharing and learning together as a group.

This 8-week peer-led course is for people in financial stress who want to make change. People will come together to learn new solutions and create a more hopeful future.

FinCap is non-government organisation which supports 200 free financial mentoring services. It develops and supports NZ’s free financial mentoring services. 

The Debt Relief Foundation (DRF) helps New Zealanders get on top of problem debt without judgement or stigma. 

Toitu Tahua is a group of independent business and civil society leaders collaborating to change mindsets and enable the 2030 Roadmap for Action.

IndigiShare provides tools and resources that empower indigenous economies.