It's UN - Freaking - BELIEVABLE the amount of really affordable or simply free stuff in and around NZ! Here are just a few so you can start saving more and make your money go further! 

Up to 70% discounts on Gym membership all over New Zealand

The Exercise Association wants more Kiwis to become active. As a part of this, they subsidise many memberships for Kiwis who do not already belong to any fitness centre.
All have been subsidised by 40-70 per cent; you may read the specific terms of each membership for any limits, essential fees, or other advantages that come with the membership. All these subsidised memberships can be purchased from Exercise New Zealand!

Free Counselling Service

There is no criteria for accessing some of these services. They are pretty much for everyone and anyone! The KorowaiYouth Well-being Trustruns 298 Youth Health and is planning to be part of a wider Youth Hub that includes other services such as these. All to help young people with housing, employment, getting into training, budgeting and other skills for living. Many things focused on assisting women are out there as well, includingthe women center. 

Free Community Pantries & Food Banks / Stores

Need help getting some extra food in to fill the cupboards? Here is a map of Community Pantries anyone is welcome to visit;View the map in Google Maps. You can check out yourlocal Community Gardentoo. WellingtonandChristchurchboth have free stores that work as non-profit, charitable organisations, run 100% by volunteers, a place where you can seek assistance, with no stigma, no fear or shame, everyone and anyone is welcomed!

Free Creative Resources at Libraries in NZ

Libraries around New Zealand are places where anybody may study, make, create, and design. Libraries will astound people since they frequently have innovative software, laptops, and the internet available at all times. The majority of what is offered is free of charge, including materials courses to fund this service and unrestricted access to our creative resources for all community members. For instance, the main libraries around the big cities will provide 3D printing, Sewing and Embroidery Machines! How cool is that?

Free space to build or repair bikes

Flat tyre? Rusty parts? RAD Bikes(Recycle A Dunger) can help! RAD is a not-for-profit community bike shed in central Christchurch. It is a workshop space where anyone can build or repair a bicycle for themselves and/or help restore bicycles to give away. They provide bikes, tools, parts and technical guidance within a workshop where all can share their time, skills and ideas. RAD Bikes began as a Gap Filler project in 2013 to test the concept of cycle recycling and assisted DIY repairs.

The Tool Lendary - cheap lending of a great range of tools

This project is part of the Placemaking At One Central programme, a partnership between Fletcher Living and Gap Filler to help create great central city residential communities. The Tool Lendary is especially useful for those who have all the convenience of living in the inner-city but no space for a garage or workshop. It offers a valuable resource to those moving to the city centre as higher-density neighbourhoods. It's basically a "tool library", which works similarly to a regular library hiring books. Instead, they lend out all sorts of useful tools for home – such as garden tools for the backyard or tools for building that dream fence!