Frank & Muriel Newman

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Preserving the Summer Harvest

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Others Follow Where Oily Raggers Walk

Leftovers and Recycling

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The Oily Rag Test

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Shoppers Embracing an Oily Rag Christmas

Budgeting Gems

Cheap and Cheerful Christmas

No Cost Vegetables

Low-Cost Cleaners

More Tips from Frugal Families

A Fun Frugal Christmas

Two Oily Rag Treats

Unshakable Oily Rag Resolve

Beautiful Baked Beans And Other Ideas

Monitoring Motoring Costs

Savings Survey

An Oily Rag Spring Clean

More Money Saving Tips from Readers

Worming Around the Garden

The Kids' Garden

Oily Rag Super

The Oily Rag Mailbox

Money Matters

More Money Making Fun

Money Making Fun

Bad Debt and Very Bad Debt

Roaring Traders

Power Prices on the Rise, Again

Buying Right

The Oily Rag Burger

The Oily Rag Mail Bag

Impulse Shopping

Falling Temperatures, Rising Electricity Costs

Oily Rag Savings More Than Crumbs

Budgeting By Jars 

D-E-B-T  

A Million Dollars Up in Smoke

Farmers' Markets

Brandless Bargains

School Holiday Fun and Frugality

Shopping Personalities

Tomato Sauce… A Cleaner?

The Great Sunday Bake Break

Home Laid Eggs

Frugal Tips

A Million Puddy Cats!

The Cost of Kids

Opportunities in Challenging Times

Cheaper By The Dozen?

Frugal Millionaires

Tips From the Mailbag

Best Buy Shopping

Cheap Meats and Best Buys

Cleaning Up Oily Rag Style

Resolutely Oily Rag

Tips Galore

Recycled Products

Used Buy, Best Buy and Baked On Dates

Cashless Christmas

Frugal Families

Shopping Smart

When the Going Gets Tough the Oily Raggers Get Going

What it Means to be an Oily Ragger

Having a Good Haggle

Xmas Thinking

The Kids Garden

Spring Gardening

Spring Cleaning

Frugal Fashion Week

Shopping Tips for Frugal Thinkers

Cheap Treats

Debt Busting Tips

Big Savings by Getting Back to Basics  

How Loyal Should You Be To Loyalty Programs?

Exploding Ketchup and Other Titbits

Budget-Saving Spuds

Mixing Fun and Food

Handyman Tips

Reducing Electricity Costs

The Oily Rag Mailbag

Fun is a Kid's Garden

Winter Gardening

Money-Saving Nappies

Turning Up the Heat, but Keeping Down the Cost

Even Cheaper Milk and Other Good Ideas

The Milk Report

Oily Rag Living For Tots and Teens

Turning Junk Into Treasure

Free Food

Simply Sausage

The Beer Essentials

Lots of Money Saving Tips

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Taking the Shock Out of Your Power Bill

The Oily Rag Job Summit

Frugal Living Is Permanent

Four is the Magic Number for School Lunches

From Small Change to Big Bucks

Bargain Buying a Car

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Dr Muriel Newman

Dr Muriel Newman is the founder and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research.

Muriel, a Member of Parliament for ACT New Zealand from 1996-2005, has a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Auckland University and Doctorate in Mathematics Education from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.

Her early career was in the education field at secondary and tertiary level in NZ and the USA. She became involved in the agriculture sector while running the family farm and raising her children, later moving into retail to become the NZ Assistant General Manager for listed retailer Michael Hill Jeweller.

During that time, she was elected President of the Northland Chamber of Commerce, and was appointed to the Northland Area Health Board, the Northland Conservation Board and the Northland Business Development Board.

She has two graduate children, is the joint author with her husband, Frank, of several books about money management, holds a black belt in Kung Fu and lives at Rocky Bay Cove in Tutukaka, Whangarei.

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Frank Newman

Living off the smell of an oily rag on-line is based on a concept developed by Frank Newman. Frank is the author of a number of books, including the hugely popular Oily Rag series. Oily Rag On-line is intended to be your site - it's an opportunity to share your ideas and tips with the Oily Rag community.

Look forward to hearing from you! We would really like to know your money savings tips and advice for topics to include.

Please contact us via e-mail where possible. We endeavour to read and reply to all e-mail within 48 hours.

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Published 16th Apr 2009

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