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NZ’s Poverty Crisis Demands Action | Auckland News
New Zealand’s poverty crisis is hitting hard: nearly half a million people live in relative income poverty as soaring food, rent, and utility costs crush households. A new report calls for urgent fixes — raising benefit earnings to $350 weekly, slashing the abatement rate, and introducing a GST rebate to ease the burden — while highlighting that seniors, Māori, Pacific, and disabled communities are disproportionately affected. With food prices up 24% and rent gobbling 40% of paychecks, the safety net is failing, leaving millions struggling to afford basics like medicine and meals — and demand…
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