The other day I was talking with the lovely Sam Ireland, aka Ms MoneySaver about ideas for her weekly column. Not surprisingly, we were comparing notes on how expensive everyday li ...

FAMILY FRIENDS LAUGHS My daughter Anna, 12, enjoyed looking over the beach to the horizon at Hokitika on NZ’s west coast. It’s so magical. Karen Gilbert, via email My mum, Pam, ...

Watching the terrifying flashes of Russian bombs obliterating my hometown of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on TV, I sobbed. Maxim are you okay? I text messaged desperately. Silence. My nephew ...

Tamera Reay, 41, had been unhappy in her marriage for a long time. Known to her friends as Tami, she met her husband, Brad, when her sister, Raquel, introduced them. It wasn’t lo ...

I’ll be back in an hour,’ I called out to my husband, Tim, then 33. It was December 2020, and I was taking our four-month-old girl, Isabelle, for a check-up, while Tim stayed h ...

Money miracle Ray May, 68, from Yarrawonga, Vic, was working at a house as an excavator in 2004, when he misplaced his wallet. Inside were his ID, cards and $425. After several wee ...

When Henry the dog went missing in April, his owners feared the worst. They’d been walking their pooch in a coastal area called The Strangles, in Cornwall, UK, when he disappeare ...

Waiting patiently for the henna artist to complete his masterpiece, I couldn’t wait to show my friends back home. During a family holiday to Bali, aged eight, I’d excitedly pic ...

Driving past the toy shop on my way to work, I smiled. When I retire someday, I’ll work there, I thought. Growing up, I would hover over my dad John’s shoulder as he crafted li ...

Lego has no idea that she’s actually a 12-year-old labrador – NOT a person! Sheralyn Hughes, Byford, WA This is my kitten Suga. He loves posing for the camera. Julie Wood, Char ...