Originally Posted by bourbon-biscuit

In reality I do a bit of both as some money leaves my account directly and we tend to fill the cars with fuel on payday and buy the massive shop (we plan and shop on a fortnightly basis but have a week 2 list for getting fresh fruit and veg, etc, as well as incidentals) and then withdraw the remaining amount from each allocation.

I think, in terms of whether you can save in nz or not, it is useful to state whether you have kids (and if they're teens!) and whether your family income is above or below the average family income and also whether you have brought over sufficient equity to make your mortgage much smaller than it otherwise would be.

Originally Posted by Mark Smith

Vesta curry anyone?

Originally Posted by The Weezer

There's also the Otara market, which I've never to. I have been to the Sat. market in Mangere Town Centre which has lots of fresh produce. Intersting to go once at least, as you get a real taste of Pacific culture. Auckland does have, after all, the largest number of Polynesians in the world.

Originally Posted by madao

In Wellington we did our fruit & veg shopping at the market on the waterfront every Sunday morning, combined with breakfast from the Vietnamese food van (highly recommended). I've not been to a market similar in AKL yet but i'm sure they exist.