About Sorted

In 2001 the Retirement Commission decided to shift the focus of its public education programme from financial planning for retirement to financial skills for life. The result of this change was a public education programme called Sorted.

The Sorted programme is based around a website called www.sorted.org.nz. Since its establishment in October 2001, Sorted has had over 3.4 million unique visitors with well over 8 million calculations being made on its online calculators.

Sorted's content and tools are syndicated through a range of New Zealand's most popular websites and portals including Trademe.co.nz, Scoop.co.nz, FindA.co.nz, STUFF.co.nz, YahooXtra.co.nz, NZCity.co.nz and NZflatmates.co.nz.

Over the years Sorted has won a number of communications excellence awards. The most recent has been a Bronze Advertising Effectiveness Award (EFFIE) for Sustained Success, at the 2006 CAANZ (Communications Agencies Association NZ). In 2004 and again in 2007 Sorted won 'Best New Zealand Finance Site' at the NetGuide Web Awards. Sorted is also rated by State Services Commission assessors 'e-Gov Watch' as the most usable and accessible website within the Government sector.

To try out some of the tools available visit www.sorted.org.nz.