When Inland Revenue recently announced it was going to stop accepting post-dated cheques as of next year, there was widespread surprise.
How many people still operate their business with cheques?
You might be surprised at how many people do — the IRD receives about half a million of them a year.
It pointed out there's no point post-dating a cheque — if you want to set up a payment for a later date, you can sort that in your online banking much more simply.
Here are five other habits you should give up: