’Tis the season
By the time you open these pages, Christmas will be mere weeks away. As always, the build-up to the festive season can be a stressful time for everyone. Leaving everything to the last minute seems to be the norm — for most of us, anyway — despite our best intentions not to make the same mistake again. For those of you more organised than I am, a simple list makes everything so much more manageable and can help alleviate all those unpleasant things that can come with Christmas if you don’t prepare early: stress, debt, and chaos. I’ll learn one day! You will no doubt have noticed an all-time Kiwi favourite on the front cover of this issue; a trusty old Hilux workhorse still in service and going strong. Used by…