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Season 1

  • S01E01 Why Does Money Makes Us Weird?

    • February 13, 2017
    • TVNZ

    Nigel Latta looks at the psychology of money in this brand new series. Tonight, Nigel looks at why money makes us weird.

  • S01E02 Can Money Buy You Happiness?

    • February 20, 2017
    • TVNZ

    They say that money can't buy you happiness, but is that true? Tonight, Nigel talks with some recent millionaires and meets a family who seem to have cracked the code for buying happiness.

  • S01E03 Why Do We Spend Money We Don't Have?

    • February 27, 2017
    • TVNZ

    Why do we spend money we don’t have? In this episode Nigel reveals how our cave brains can lead us into poor decisions and some simple ways to overcome that.

  • S01E04 Why Is Saving So Boring

    • March 6, 2017
    • TVNZ

    Our brains have a surprising response to saving, and in this episode Nigel Latta sets out to find out why we don’t like saving, and how we can get better at it.

  • S01E05 How Do You Help Kids Be Better With Money?

    • March 13, 2017
    • TVNZ

    How do you help kids be better with money? Nigel discovers all kind of surprising things about how we should talk to our kids about money. It turns out there are some tricks and traps.

  • S01E06 Can You Live Happily Ever After?

    • March 20, 2017
    • TVNZ

    In the final episode we look at the big picture: Can you live happily ever after? How can you get your mind over your money to get to the happy ending?

Season 2

  • S02E01 Season 2, Episode 1

    • April 23, 2018

    Nigel Latta is back, and this time around it's personal. Do we each have a distinct Money Personality - and how does that help or hinder our financial lives?

  • S02E02 Season 2, Episode 2

    • April 30, 2018

    In this episode, Nigel unpicks the complicated politics of money and love. He investigates why Saving is Sexy and unravels the three major causes of financial strife in a relationship.

  • S02E03 Season 2, Episode 3

    • May 7, 2018

    Does our Money Personality change as we get older? Nigel plays a game of Monopoly where the odds are stacked according to the average assets for your age.

  • S02E04 Season 2, Episode 4

    • May 14, 2018

    A look at the science of spending. Does the very act of handling money make you feel brave and impulsive? And what does the way you eat your fish and chips say about your ability to save money?

  • S02E05 Season 2, Episode 5

    • May 21, 2018

    In this episode, we play Nigel's Money Making Game, where we discover why Kiwis are reluctant to invest and reveal our risk profile through an egg and spoon race.

  • S02E06 Season 2, Episode 6

    • May 28, 2018

    Nigel looks at each of the Money Personalities and explores how they can get the balance of life right which could turn out in the end to make us... happy.