Mount Albert, Auckland

509 days ago

Last chance to buy tickets!

Heart Foundation

Lottery closing soon! Buy your tickets today for a chance to win this fully furnished home in South Island’s stunning Wānaka!

Worth over $1.5 million this Jennian Homes build features four bedrooms, two bathrooms and boasts a stylish open-plan kitchen, living and dining area for year-round … View more
Lottery closing soon! Buy your tickets today for a chance to win this fully furnished home in South Island’s stunning Wānaka!

Worth over $1.5 million this Jennian Homes build features four bedrooms, two bathrooms and boasts a stylish open-plan kitchen, living and dining area for year-round entertainment.

Make this property your permanent residence, a holiday home, rent it or even sell it – it could be all yours for only $15! Be in to win by purchasing your tickets today.
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509 days ago

🎨🏠 Interior Painting - Transform Your Space! 🏠🎨

Alta Painters from Alta Painters LTD

Are you looking to refresh and revitalize your home's interior? Let our expert painters work their magic 🌟

🖌️ Our skilled team will handle every detail, from meticulous surface preparation to flawless paint application

✨ Experience the joy of a beautifully painted home

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Are you looking to refresh and revitalize your home's interior? Let our expert painters work their magic 🌟

🖌️ Our skilled team will handle every detail, from meticulous surface preparation to flawless paint application

✨ Experience the joy of a beautifully painted home

🏆 With a decade of experience and a passion for perfection, we pride ourselves on delivering top-notch results and exceeding expectations.

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510 days ago

$50 dental voucher for all Neighbourly Members

ConfiDental Hillsborough

Vailid for the month of August

Hi neighbours, we believe every Aucklander deserves to have a beautiful smile. Our friendly team is ready to help you smile with confidence.

We are gentle, honest and affordable practice with a passion towards creating beautiful smiles and relieve you from … View more
Vailid for the month of August

Hi neighbours, we believe every Aucklander deserves to have a beautiful smile. Our friendly team is ready to help you smile with confidence.

We are gentle, honest and affordable practice with a passion towards creating beautiful smiles and relieve you from pain.

Our practice is highly equipped practice with all the latest technology: Diagnodent, Cerec, Laser and Air Abrasion. For our Squeamish neighbours, we offer sedation for pain-free dentistry. Not convinced with your dentist's opinion: We offer a free second opinion and clear all your queries.

We are specialized in all aspects of dentistry:
- General Dentistry
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Orthodontics
- Invisalign
- Laser Dentistry

We are offering Free Orthodontic/Braces Consultation and interest-free payment plans.

Check us out (you can book online) or give us a call on (09) 625 1411 for further details (please mention this Ad while you call).

Spare some time to find and see yourself why so many Aucklanders love us!

*Not combined with any other offers.
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510 days ago

Tell us what’s important Auckland

Auckland Council

Auckland Council's 21 Local Boards have come up with a three-year plan outlining key initiatives we want to focus on in your communities. Help us check if we’ve got it right! Submissions must be received by 4pm Monday 14 August.

For more information click here.

It’s your place. Your … View more
Auckland Council's 21 Local Boards have come up with a three-year plan outlining key initiatives we want to focus on in your communities. Help us check if we’ve got it right! Submissions must be received by 4pm Monday 14 August.

For more information click here.

It’s your place. Your voice.
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511 days ago

Savvy youngsters have many financial tools at their disposal

Brian from Mount Roskill

Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, you didn’t learn if your parents didn’t teach you or you weren’t tenacious.
Findings from the third stage of Massey University’s Financial Education and Research Centre show young New Zealanders are growing in their financial capability, although young men are… View more
Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, you didn’t learn if your parents didn’t teach you or you weren’t tenacious.
Findings from the third stage of Massey University’s Financial Education and Research Centre show young New Zealanders are growing in their financial capability, although young men are doing better than young women.
The study found life experience has replaced parents as the primary source of financial information.
Whether you’re 13, 30, or any other age, Money Month is a great time to get started on personal financial skills, or to brush up on them. Just don’t fall for the ‘poor me’ mentality. You have to want to learn, and here are some tools.
Educational websites
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Many websites and YouTube channels offer free resources and courses on financial literacy. You don’t need to be at school to use the Sortedinschools.org.nz resources, which include a range of diverse topics from “what is cryptocurrency” to “building a tiny house”.
Another New Zealand-based resource is Banqer, which has opened up its Virtual Economy Experience to adults for Money Month. Get in fast. The offer is limited to 1000 adults.
You’ll also find numerous YouTube channels dedicated to personal finance. A good local channel is MoneyHub New Zealand. Most personal finance concepts transcend borders, and there are plenty of overseas ones as well, such as The Ramsey Show. International education resources such as Investopedia or the Khan Academy’s personal finance and financial literacy sections are very good.
Personal finance tools and apps
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For some people, jumping in there and just doing it is the way to learn. Tools ranging from money personality profilers to simple-to-use budgets and much in between can help with learning how to manage money while actually doing it. Sorted.org.nz has web-based tools that enable you to write a budget and more. There are multiple mobile apps for tracking expenses, setting budgets and saving money. New Zealand-based apps such as PocketSmith are very good. Some overseas ones such as Spendee and Fudget work here. Spendee, like PocketSmith, can download your bank transactions automatically. MyBudgetPal from Booster also does that. It is New Zealand-based and free. But at the time of writing, Booster was working on fixing tech problems.
Books
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They’re old tech, but books are still popular with young people. Bookshops are seeing a revival in this demographic. My colleague Frances Cook’s books Tales From A Financial Mess and the more recent Your Money, Your Future are good places to start. Frances made mistakes young and had to teach herself about money. She understands what digging yourself out of a financial hole looks like. The Barefoot Investor by Australian Scott Pape has a huge following among younger people. Another international book focused very much on coming of age in personal finance is Why Didn’t They Teach Me This in School? by Cary Siegel. It teaches eight important money lessons. The other book I should mention is The Sharesies Guide to Investing by Brooke and Leighton Roberts and Sonya Williams. The only reason I hesitate is that it’s important to learn to “walk”, i.e. grasp basic financial tasks, before “running”, which I define as investing beyond KiwiSaver.
Financial simulations and games
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Gamification is a great way to learn. Both Sortedinschools.org.nz and Banqer offer personal finance games. If you are interested in learning about investing, then trading games, simulators and demo accounts are helpful. They allow you to lose virtual money rather than the real stuff. Investopedia and MarketWatch offer virtual portfolios that follow the actual markets, so you can watch what would have happened if you had been investing your own money instead of virtual funds. If you must dive in, then you can tinker on sites such as Sharesies with a few dollars at a time. But please don’t assume you’re going to be better at this than the experts. Sooner or later, markets fall and new investors get burned.
Finally, young people learn by making mistakes. The tools above can help, but sometimes getting it wrong is the only thing that gets through. I know it’s hard, but try not to save them when they do something dumb like spending their rent on UberEats. Or if they’ve crashed the car, make sure they pay off every last cent of that $1000 insurance excess. No matter how long it takes them. Hopefully, they won’t do that again.

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511 days ago

One gift? Why not give 52 gifts with The TV Guide.

The TV Guide

Spoil the TV connoisseur in your life with a subscription to NZ’s most popular entertainment magazine. The TV Guide contains TV listings, entertainment, gossip, competitions, puzzles, and more!

This Father’s Day, gift a 1-year subscription to The TV Guide and save $57 off RRP - 52 issues … View more
Spoil the TV connoisseur in your life with a subscription to NZ’s most popular entertainment magazine. The TV Guide contains TV listings, entertainment, gossip, competitions, puzzles, and more!

This Father’s Day, gift a 1-year subscription to The TV Guide and save $57 off RRP - 52 issues delivered weekly straight to their home. Offer available until 2 September 2023.

The team at The TV Guide.
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512 days ago

Make you self beautiful

Pooja from Mount Roskill

We provide waxing , threading , all kind of makeup like party makeup , baby shower makeup , makeup and photoshoot , wedding makeup , hair styling , manicure , pedicure , nail extension , eyelash extension

Negotiable

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512 days ago

NZQA approved Business programme. No course fees!

Winston from Sandringham

Please view the flyer below. Although the fantastic course has commenced, we are still accepting late enrolments.

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512 days ago

Sports bar DMAX 2017 onwards

Karan from Mount Roskill

Available now

Price: $120

512 days ago

Garden need a clean up before the spring?

Mike Power from Growth Maintenance

USE GROWTH MAINTENANCE FOR:
- Any tree, hedge or garden issue.
- First class service and results.

- Smooth communication and reliability.
- Consistent competitive pricing.
- Property peace of mind.
- Programmed maintenance.

Growth Maintenance service property managers, investors and … View more
USE GROWTH MAINTENANCE FOR:
- Any tree, hedge or garden issue.
- First class service and results.

- Smooth communication and reliability.
- Consistent competitive pricing.
- Property peace of mind.
- Programmed maintenance.

Growth Maintenance service property managers, investors and private home owners throughout the greater Auckland region.

Get in touch today for expert advice and a free quote. Send an enquiry email to service@growthmaintenance.nz or give us a call on 09 281 0120.

513 days ago

Dining table makeover

The Team from Resene ColorShop Mt Roskill

Is your dining table tasteless and dull?

Apply high gloss Resene Black for an instant injection of tabletop glam.

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513 days ago

Need assistance with Homeownership?

Saneel from Mount Roskill

As a registered mortgage adviser, we can assist with your buying journey or building your dream home, if you have existing mortgage, we can conduct a review and advise whether you would benefit from refinancing?

Click the following link and send us an enquiry today:

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519 days ago

The most beautiful spot in every region of NZ

Lorna Thornber Reporter from Stuff Travel

Hi there,
We're on the lookout for the most beautiful spots in New Zealand, and would love to hear your favourites.
While it will be impossible to include all of them in one article, we'd appreciate your help in narrowing it down. What do you think are most beautiful places in … View more
Hi there,
We're on the lookout for the most beautiful spots in New Zealand, and would love to hear your favourites.
While it will be impossible to include all of them in one article, we'd appreciate your help in narrowing it down. What do you think are most beautiful places in NZ's regions? Do you have a favourite spot in the Waikato, Taranaki, Canterbury, Southland or elsewhere?
Feel free to comment below, send me a message or email me at lorna.thornber@stuff.co.nz. Please include 'NFP' in your comment if you do not want it or your name included in an article. Thanks in advance for taking the time to share.

513 days ago

Construction site land management completed by the team

Mike Power from Growth Maintenance

USE GROWTH MAINTENANCE FOR:
- Any tree, hedge or garden issue.
- First class service and results.

- Smooth communication and reliability.
- Consistent competitive pricing.
- Property peace of mind.
- Programmed maintenance.

Growth Maintenance service property managers, investors and … View more
USE GROWTH MAINTENANCE FOR:
- Any tree, hedge or garden issue.
- First class service and results.

- Smooth communication and reliability.
- Consistent competitive pricing.
- Property peace of mind.
- Programmed maintenance.

Growth Maintenance service property managers, investors and private home owners throughout the greater Auckland region.

Get in touch today for expert advice and a free quote. Send an enquiry email to service@growthmaintenance.nz or give us a call on 09 281 0120.

517 days ago

Poll: Is the letterbox obsolete?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

With online being the main mode of communication these days, it's no wonder that there has been a worldwide mail decline and here in Aotearoa, NZ Post has needed to lay off 750 full-time staff. Do you think it's time to say goodbye to the trusty letterbox?

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Is the letterbox obsolete?
  • 5.3% Yes, it can go!
    5.3% Complete
  • 34.1% Not just yet, I still use it
    34.1% Complete
  • 60.6% Never, there'll always be a need for it
    60.6% Complete
3118 votes
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