Back to school expenses add to families' cost-of-living stress

Judy and Paddy Leuii with their youngest children, Hannive and Joseph, are looking for ways to save money at the start of the new school year. Picture by James Croucher

Paddy Leuii knows a thing or two about getting children ready for school on a tight budget.

He and his wife Judy have eight children all up, including two still at school: Hannive, starting year nine, and Joseph, who is going into year 12 this year.