Covid-19: Saving money, the silver lining of alert level 4 lockdown – Stuff.co.nz

OPINION: It had been a bleak August afternoon when, upon news of a detected Covid-19 Delta case in the community, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the abrupt shift in alert levels for New Zealand.

But as the country collectively recoiled, I couldn’t help but quietly breathe a small sigh of relief: I’d been trying, and failing, to get a thorough grasp on my spending habits and bolster my savings for months.

Perhaps a few weeks of bunkering down was exactly the cold turkey treatment I needed.

Coincidentally, it was, and, as someone who has been lucky enough to work from home during the lockdown period, I’ve been able to sit back and watch my savings steadily grow.

ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff

Prime Minister Jacinda Arden was forced to plunge the entire country into alert level 4 following the news of a Delta case within the community. (file photo)

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