• Everyday families
  • Family finances
    • Understanding money & finances
    • Relationships & money
    • Spending & saving
    • Budgeting tools
    • Getting organised
    • Money & your young children
    • Money & your adult children
  • Family health & wellbeing
  • Family travel
  • Family relationships
  • Family safety
  • Caring for elderly family members
  • Managing your household
  • For grandparents
• Helping your family after the Canterbury Earthquake
• Raising children
• Information for seniors
• Connecting with your community

Family finances

For many families, one of the biggest sources of stress is the family finances. For many of us, the money coming in never seems to match the money going out. Gaining control of your finances means a lot more than just getting control of your money. It means consciously thinking about your money and your spending habits, as well as your short-term and long-term goals.

Understanding money and finances

Making sense of financial information and how to spend less and save more.

Relationships and money

Managing money as a couple.

Spending and saving

How to spend wisely and why it is important to save.

Budgeting tools

Tips on budgeting and budgeting calculators.

Getting organised

Ideas about good systems to help you control your money.

Money and your young children

Teaching your young children about money.

Money and your adult children

Whether they have left home to work, to study, or to travel before settling down, your adult children can still affect your finances.