Savings & Investment

In recent years there has been a noticeable increase in backyard chicken-raising.

by Frank and Muriel Newman

Living cheap… it's a family thing.

By Frank and Muriel Newman - The typical New Zealand household of four uses around 12,000 kW of electricity a year. This costs around $2,800.

The clocks have gone back, the days are shorter, and the nights are cooler. That means it's time to turn a frugal mind to cutting electricity costs.

The winter chill has come early again this year so the monthly electricity bills will be soaring.

By Frank and Muriel Newman - We have had a tremendous response to the article about growers markets so we thought readers might be interested in a couple of the stories.

"Free" is a word everyone living off the smell of an oily rag loves to hear. It is surprising how many things are free - everything from buses to sofas!

There're always lots of odd jobs to do around the home but even odd jobs can add up to thousands of dollars in costs. Fortunately, many of those costs can be avoided.

Well, we got thinking about the tills ringing so we thought we would look at oily rag ideas for a cashless Christmas.