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Help us keep interest.co.nz free for all readers. If you know us, trust us, and value what we do, can we ask you to Support Us
Support us

It's late January and time for me to ask for your support. (If you already support us, thank you. This message is not for you.)

2022 will be a challenging year for most of us. The pandemic pall is tiring.

But to see your way through a chronic situation like this, you should be able to rely on trusted information sources.

We are making a big effort not to be partisan, be fair and objective, and dig deeper into the issues with independent analysis.

If you know we are helpful, and doing that, can I ask for your direct Support?

Relying on advertising is fickle.

We work for you, so being supported by you makes sense to me.

You know us - what we do and the resources we make available to everyone. None of this is inexpensive. But we are keen to keep almost all our resources free for all readers.

We know most readers accept the open access but only a tiny fraction support us. That is where you come in.

We need a small band of readers who know this is worthwhile: holding banks, insurers, the real estate industry, government, regulators to account with coverage that isn't constrained by 'sponsorships', government journalism subsidies, or large advertisers.

We would love you to join us as a Supporter. If you do for $10/month or $100/year (or more) you get:

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In the future there will be more specialist tools that will empower investors, savers, and anyone with financial interests.

Keen? Here’s what to do

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Finally, thank you for your readership all these years. Without you, we wouldn’t have made it these 20+ years since our humble beginning.

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Thanks David. I hope more people recognise how important independent journalism is and make a pledge this year. I feel like there's going to be a lot happening in 2022.

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On behalf of David, many thanks.

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I think it's worth pointing out that this site has saved me a fair bit of money over the years from information and tips (from both content and the comments section), so your patronage might well pay for itself in the long run. 

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Glad to hear that! It is something we feel strongly about here at interest.

It grew from David's initial search for something similar back in the 1990s and found nothing of the sort in the market. So he decided to start it himself so other Kiwis can find these financial tools and information that will help them in their monetary planning.

Something so vital for financial know-how should be easily available to all, because the more savvy Kiwis are, the better for the nation.

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Subbed. Thanks for all the work that you do!

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Much appreciated! We will strive to continually improve, deliver value to our readers and maintain our independence.

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Spend way to much time here .

Thanks

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Haha! There are worst things to do than to surf interest.co.nz for the fresh news and data, not to mention the comments section.

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This is one of the very few places left in NZ where independent, free and competent news reporting is delivered to the public. This is outstanding public service. 

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Thank you! AND we DON’T:

- pester you to subscribe to our free business & financial newsletters

- ask you to accept cookies or register (if you don’t wish to)

- make you pay to use our monetary tools

- blast you with a pop-up every time you come to our website

- start an auto-play video every time you visit a page

- hide our content behind a paywall

- tell you how much to pay if you choose to support us

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