Rupert Carlyon: Take a breath before you touch that windfall

Most of us have spent the past few days daydreaming about what we would spend $55 million on. Pay off the mortgage, book a holiday, send some off to charity, throw the rest in a term deposit. Three lucky punters each one a share of the jackpot last night - $18.3 million each. Not many of us will have the chance to come across tens of millions in our lives, but most of us will at some point get a large some from inheritance or a bonus or the likes. So what's the smart thing to do when you get a big windfall, before the excitement takes over? LISTEN ABOVE

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Rupert Carlyon: Take a breath before you touch that windfall is an episode from Smart Money by NZME.

This episode is 41:21 long.

This episode was published on Nov 16, 2025.

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