Fisheress, how do you find the cost of all of the above as compared to the UK? Do you feel like you're living hand to mouth or do you feel that compared to UK you're still better off - all things considered? Sorry if these seem personal questions but I'm interested to see if New Zealanders are baulking at such steep rises in things because they've had it so good for so long or whether the cost of living in NZ really is becoming difficult to negotiate.
We've had to struggle financially for years and years now, there's nothing more stressful and anxiety ridden than wondering where the next mortgage payment is gonna come from or wondering how the hell you're gonna make ?20 feed 5 people until some more money comes from somewhere.
We're coming over with a modest sum of cash from our house sale (hopefully) and hope that this will be enough to set us up out of reach of worrys grasping fingers but, there seems to be a lot of NZers struggling to make ends meet at the moment!