Brent Allcock recently joined Stewart Group to support and serve our clients in the greater Wellington region. Brent and his wife Sabrina moved back to New Zealand from Singapore after being away for 30 plus years. Sabrina loves New Zealand but misses her family back in Malaysia. Knowing that Brent went Christmas tree shopping so we could decorate the house and the tree and make it homey. But the tree didn't arrive in time. Read what happens next.
Seven ways to tighten your Christmas spending
Last year, New Zealanders managed to spend a record $6 billion shopping in December, which was the highest monthly figure recorded by Statistics New Zealand.
Hawke's Bay enjoyed the highest holiday splurge, with a near 11 per cent increase on the previous year.
