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May 17, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Professor Boyd Swinburn | Chair for the Health Coalition Aotearoa.
A major part of the cost-of-living crisis, which is hitting whānau across Aotearoa New Zealand hard, is the cost-of-healthy-food crisis.
June 5, 2023
March 31, 2023 | News
Cost of living help coming tomorrow
From tomorrow more than 1.4 million New Zealanders will get a little extra to help with the cost of living.
March 15, 2023 | News
Benefit change leaves poverty intact
Child Poverty Action Group member Alan Johnson says slight changes to benefits are ignoring the need for more substantive change.
March 15, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Marama Davidson | Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence
Voters are really concerned about the cost of living. And it is still bewildering for people that NZ produces enough food for 40 million people a year but still can't guarantee food on the tables of our own whānau in Aotearoa.
March 15, 2023 | News
Cost of living benefit rise illusion
Green Party consumer affairs spokesman Ricardo Menendez-March says the Government's increase in benefits from the first of April will be welcomed by beneficiaries - until they realise it won't cover rising costs. - and most will effectively remain below the poverty line.
March 14, 2023 | News
Cost of living adds to cyclone crisis
The Hastings-based chief executive of Nga Maia Maori Midwives Aotearoa says there's a sense of desperation in Kahungunu three weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through.
March 14, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Ricardo Menéndez March | Green Party MP
Approximately 1.4 million New Zealanders will benefit from increased assistance to help with the cost of living this was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Minister MSD Carmel Sepuloni - this is part of the Governments Cost of living package
March 7, 2023 | News
Family Boost touted as Maori cost of living fix
National Party MP Shane Reti says the Family Boost package unveiled by leader Chris Luxon in his weekend state of the nation speech will be a big boost for Maori families.
January 27, 2023 | News
Hipkin sidelines kindness for money talk
A University of Auckland professor of economic is picking a change of direction under new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
December 2, 2022 | News
Tough times for parents
A state of the nation parenting survey by health insurer nib has found most parents are struggling.
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