Catholic charity Good Shepherd NZ and the BNZ say from now on all Good Loans will be interest- and fees-free. A partnership between the bank and Good Shepherd NZ is making the major policy change possible. In one loan option, the BNZ is supporting interest-free Good Loans of up to $7,000 to eligible families and Read more
The Salvation Army will be the front door for a new Government-backed loans scheme aimed at saving low income families from loan sharks. The inspiration for the scheme came from a similar one run in Australia by a financial institution and a microfinancing body which was started by Catholic nuns. The Community Finance Scheme in Read more
Marycrest, a girls’ rehabilitation school, has been listed on TradeMe by a man who says he’s Georgian royalty. It is on state Highway 1 near Otaki, on the Kapiti Coast, and has been unused since it shut in the early 1980s. Marycrest has been listed for a minimum $2 million by Victor Greenwich, now living in Sydney, Read more