It’s true – New Zealand is a great place to visit. However, people always seem to have one major complaint about my home country – it’s too expensive. And this, is also true. After many years of travel, I can confirm that New Zealand, particularly the big cities, are some of the most expensive places …

Auckland is a city that raised me. I grew up here – playing soccer on these fields, stealing sour bears out of the supermarket bins, catching those never-on-time buses to school. I am an Aucklander. Yet every year I come back to this city and become more disenchanted. There are a few new restaurants, a …