Maria Temnyuk is a Financial Adviser and founder of Diamond Property & Wealth, a boutique advisory firm established in 2016 specialising in investment funds, KiwiSaver strategies and property investment advice. Maria holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland, majoring in Economics and International Business, and works with professionals and families across New Zealand to help them structure their finances and build long-term wealth.

This is a story of a mother and a professional woman named Anastasia (not the client’s real name) in her now mid 50s who went from not knowing how her cashflow works, using consumer debt, not having much of savings and feeling that she is not making the financial progress she should be to achieving $137,000 worth of tangible success in only 12 months (by the way, a very normal result for our clients).

Where They Started I met Liam and Olivia and started working with them as their financial coach in October 2023. Like many of my coaching...