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	<title>Avalon&#039;s Guide: Emigrate to New Zealand &#187; Budgets</title>
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	<description>There is no &#34;One True Path&#34; to emigrating.</description>
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		<title>January Financial Challenge – the results.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/january-financial-challenge-the-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/january-financial-challenge-the-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Hmmm. Well, I count this as a pretty epic fail. 11 out of 31 days not spending unnecessarily. Leaving 20 days when we spent money that we really didn’t have to. I am thinking we could do better, so we are going to try again this month, but making a real effort, and see [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/10/avalons-money-thread-am-i-a-big-spender/' rel='bookmark' title='Avalon&#8217;s Money Thread: Am I a Big Spender?'>Avalon&#8217;s Money Thread: Am I a Big Spender?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/the-mortgage-pig/' rel='bookmark' title='The Mortgage Pig'>The Mortgage Pig</a></li>
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		<title>Maybe she should have read some blogs ;)</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/maybe-she-should-have-read-some-blogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/maybe-she-should-have-read-some-blogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa Welbourne from Britian is a recent immigrant to New Zealand who is (like many of us) shocked at the price of food. The problem is that while most sources of information like forums don&#8217;t actually hammer on about this (and crap over the people that try and talk about it), there are indeed places [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/07/why-exactly-should-interest-rates-have-to-go-up/' rel='bookmark' title='Why exactly should interest rates have to go up?'>Why exactly should interest rates have to go up?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/01/kiwis-are-sick-of-rip-off-food-prices-too/' rel='bookmark' title='Kiwi&#8217;s are sick of rip-off food prices too.'>Kiwi&#8217;s are sick of rip-off food prices too.</a></li>
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		<title>Amazon now charging postage to New Zealand. Boo Hiss.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/amazon-now-charging-postage-to-new-zealand-boo-hiss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/amazon-now-charging-postage-to-new-zealand-boo-hiss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Argghhhhhhhhhhhh. &#160; The &#8220;trial&#8221; that they were doing which gave us free postage to New Zealand if we spent over £25 has ended. With bugger all notice. Which is really stupid, because I would have put a bloody great big order if they had given me some notice. Now though, they will have to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/i-really-love-amazon/' rel='bookmark' title='I really love Amazon.'>I really love Amazon.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/11/attempting-to-use-the-whitcoulls-sale/' rel='bookmark' title='Attempting to use the Whitcoulls &#8220;sale&#8221;'>Attempting to use the Whitcoulls &#8220;sale&#8221;</a></li>
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		<title>Why does it cost so much to buy tickets to a LOCAL event?</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/why-does-it-cost-so-much-to-buy-tickets-to-a-local-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/why-does-it-cost-so-much-to-buy-tickets-to-a-local-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My family were trying to buy tickets to a Local event &#8211; the 2012 Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival. This is an event held in March to allow wineries outside of Martinborough to try and get some of the kudos (and $$$?) of Toast Martinborough which they are not allowed to be part of. Martinborough Wineries [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/toast-martinborough-2009-%e2%80%93-the-aftermath/' rel='bookmark' title='Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.'>Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/02/the-martinborough-fair/' rel='bookmark' title='The Martinborough Fair.'>The Martinborough Fair.</a></li>
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		<title>Wow! The internet works</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/wow-the-internet-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/wow-the-internet-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hubby</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been an interesting experience dealing with different internet service providers here in Wellington.  Capital city, you&#8217;d think you could get a decent internet connection.  We&#8217;ll skip the whole two pieces of wet string connecting  NZ to the rest of the world, and Ultra Fast Broadband that the Govt is pumping Billions of Dollars into [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/06/crap-internet-in-the-city-again/' rel='bookmark' title='Crap internet in the city &#8211; again.'>Crap internet in the city &#8211; again.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/02/vodafone-broadband-carrier-pigeon-would-be-quicker/' rel='bookmark' title='Vodafone broadband &#8211; carrier pigeon would be quicker!'>Vodafone broadband &#8211; carrier pigeon would be quicker!</a></li>
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		<title>Finance Challenge not going so well.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/finance-challenge-not-going-so-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/finance-challenge-not-going-so-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avalon's Money Thread]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Could do better&#8221; I think Related posts:A financial challenge Kiwis don’t know much about Finance. Who would have thought? Why is it that the Media is the best place to challenge INZ decisions?


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/09/kiwis-dont-know-much-about-finance/' rel='bookmark' title='Kiwis don’t know much about Finance. Who would have thought?'>Kiwis don’t know much about Finance. Who would have thought?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/07/why-is-it-that-the-media-is-the-best-place-to-challenge-inz-decisions/' rel='bookmark' title='Why is it that the Media is the best place to challenge INZ decisions?'>Why is it that the Media is the best place to challenge INZ decisions?</a></li>
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		<title>A financial challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/a-financial-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/a-financial-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I am gearing up to tidy up my end of year budgets and accounts, I thought it would be kinda interesting to set ourselves a little challenge. I want to see on how many days of the month we don&#8217;t spend money. And I want to see if tracking that actually means we spend [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/10/avalons-money-thread-am-i-a-big-spender/' rel='bookmark' title='Avalon&#8217;s Money Thread: Am I a Big Spender?'>Avalon&#8217;s Money Thread: Am I a Big Spender?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/06/50-reasons-to-just-be-sensible/' rel='bookmark' title='50 reasons to just be sensible'>50 reasons to just be sensible</a></li>
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		<title>The 47 Rules of money</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/the-47-rules-of-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/the-47-rules-of-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This appeared in the Herald on New Years Eve, written by Diana Clement. I really like her articles about personal finance, and shes well worth a read. Unlike Mary Holm, she writes about general finance and makes an awful lot of sense, rather than just bleating on about how wonderful Kiwisaver is and how bad [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/10/avalons-money-thread-am-i-a-big-spender/' rel='bookmark' title='Avalon&#8217;s Money Thread: Am I a Big Spender?'>Avalon&#8217;s Money Thread: Am I a Big Spender?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/06/paying-off-debt-still-too-hard-for-most-people/' rel='bookmark' title='Paying off debt &#8211; still too hard for most people :('>Paying off debt &#8211; still too hard for most people :(</a></li>
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		<title>Buying Soho</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/buying-soho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/buying-soho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in September I blogged about the possibility of buying SoHo, a new pay tv channel from Sky. Well, we did. At and extra $10 a month on our Sky Subscription. Now to be perfectly honest &#8211; if funds are tight, then pay TV is one of the first things that I would generally consider [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/07/why-the-internet-costs-so-much/' rel='bookmark' title='Why the Internet costs so much.'>Why the Internet costs so much.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/07/the-problem-with-buying-leasehold-properties/' rel='bookmark' title='The problem with buying Leasehold properties'>The problem with buying Leasehold properties</a></li>
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		<title>Would you spend $30 to avoid losing $16.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/would-you-spend-30-to-avoid-losing-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/would-you-spend-30-to-avoid-losing-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope not. But that&#8217;s what the people at ThinkGeek were expecting me to do, and as I am sure you can imagine I was a bit peeved. So whats the deal? Well, Think Geek is one of my favorite online stores. They sell Lightsabers. And a myriad of other geeky good things: the coolest [...]


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