23 Jul 2025

Money: Why are people opting for higher-risk KiwiSaver funds?

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 23 July 2025
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Money correspondent Susan Edmunds joins Kathryn to discuss why the proportion of funds in the highest-risk category of KiwiSaver funds have quadrupled from 10 percent in 2021 to 40 percent in 2024.

Susan Edmunds is RNZ's Money Correspondent