With only a few days to go until Christmas, it's quite possible you've blown your prezzie budget already. So what do? Here are some expert tips on how to make your own super-flash presents for a fraction of the price...

Tim Wilson’s rooster-like hair has been given some tender loving care by a hair stylist. Jeremy Wells dragged Tim away from his desk for the appointment.

It's monarch butterfly season and some of you may have noticed there seem to be fewer around this year. Auckland dad Mark Adcock has taken note of their plight and bought a million swan plant seeds in the hopes he could help boost monarch butterfly numbers and help young people at the same time.

A small business out of the tiny King Country town is reaping the benefits of a recommendation for their wooden swings from Kourtney Kardashian. The infant and toddler swings, which proudly come without a hint of plastic in sight, are made in the town’s old bank.

An inventor from Hamilton has the solution to the messy problem of pouring milk from big 3 litre containers. But it turns out it’s not the only thing Bianca Richardson’s invented.

Astar, the Queen of Craft, showed us how to DIY Christmas presents for a fraction of the price. Here are the instructions for recreating some of her creations: