# Hannah Mcqueen

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"She Sold Her Wedding Ring For a Man Who Doesn't Exist" — Inside a Romance Scam Nobody Could Stop

She's 78. Smart, social, independent — and for six months, she's been in an "engagement" with a Hollywood actor she's never spoken to, never seen on a video call, and never met. He needs money for jet fuel. For a management fee. For a visa. She's sold her jewellery to give it to him. She's sold he‮…

Who Pays When the Money Runs Out? The Hidden Cost of Aged Care

Imagine this: Mum has a fall and is admitted to hospital with a fracture. The doctors tell you she's no longer able to return home and now needs residential care. A fancy word for "Rest home". You are now faced with another challenge—finding a rest home bed. We all know beds can be hard to come b‮…

Housing market causing stress for those nearing retirement

It's a case of who blinks first in the housing market. Buyers have confidence to know they can hold out. Sellers are holding on to hope they will get 2021 prices according to Real estate.co.nz research. But for some who are nearing retirement, the stakes are higher and a retirement health advisor ‮…

"They're Always Right": Lessons on Dementia Care From a Daughter Who's Lived It

One in four New Zealanders knows someone living with dementia. Which means the chances are, you do too. Lesley Harris didn't set out to become a dementia advocate. She became one the hard way, watching her father slowly stop knowing who she was, where he was, and slip back into his own childhood‮…

Enable Me to The Next Level with Jono Bredin

Financial wellbeing is one of the single biggest causes of stress for Kiwis. And money is a very emotional thing. Having forged a career as a tax specialist, business owner and Chartered Accountant, Jono Bredin is the proud CEO of Enable.Me - a business whose core purpose is to change the financi‮…

Enduring Power of Attorney: The Document Everyone Delays (And What It Costs You)

Most people treat their enduring power of attorney as an afterthought to their will — if they think about it at all. Brendan Reidy, branch manager at Perpetual Guardian, has spent his career sitting across the table from families who didn't. In this episode, Brendan breaks down the two types of E‮…

Disrupting how we age | Hannah McQueen

What does it take to stop drifting toward frailty as we age, to challenge the "live within your means" mindset, and completely rewrite how we approach both our finances and our health? Well, I’d ask Hannah McQueen… so I did. In this fiery episode of Grey Areas, Petra sits down with force-of-natur‮…

Is It Too Soon? Finding Love After Bereavement (with Steve Taylor)

When my gran died without warning, my grandad became lonely almost overnight. Within days, a woman from across the road started turning up with cake. As his eldest granddaughter and self-appointed gatekeeper, I was suspicious. In this episode of The Next Bit, I sit down with Steve Taylor, a relat‮…

The Long Goodbye: My Dad’s Dementia Journey | Dave Parish | The Next Bit Podcast

“His body was here, but his mind wasn’t.” Dave Parish’s dad Graham was a Wellington plumber who loved his job. When he was made redundant in 2001, something shifted. Over the next two decades the warning signs built up: withdrawal, grumpiness, hearing loss, weight and diabetes, and odd behaviour ‮…