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Brian* - Northland Prison

“Getting the debt off my back, how to go about it, I want to feel a bit better about myself and manage my money.

Open up more avenues for me to do things with my family, for myself, it will make my self-esteem a lot higher.

Follow up on this stuff, so it’s not just something I had to do in prison. Carry it on to my personal life and my kids.

This stuff really is relevant, it’s got substance to it and it’s going to benefit us in the long run.”

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Steve* - Northland Prison

“It made me step back and look at my life and the things that I cherish the most and sort of inspired myself for what I want to do where I want to go how I want to get there. Just actually step back and be like well what does matter to myself?

Well it’s given me drive to firstly look at my money situation and gain control of it, secondly I want to put a will in place now after learning about wills and create a trust for my kids, and most importantly I want to get on top of my KiwiSaver so I can start saving money.”

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Ihaia* - Northland Prison

"Just personal budgeting, setting goals for myself and my family and better myself overall really.

Make my life better for me and my family, it’s obviously not in a good place at the moment. I think this course has made things a lot clearer for me, you know, to help me with life when I get out.

It's a good course, just general life skills, it can help everybody."

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