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Kate Hawkesby: We need to pump the brakes on spending
I spoke yesterday to a construction consultant about the housing building boom going on right now and how it’s hampered by supply chain interruptions and inflationary pressures.
Basically, the cost of building is doubling.
And as inflation creeps, its tentacles are hitting everywhere and everyone.
Auckland City Mission says it's seen the highest demand for its services over the past three months, in all of its 100-year history.
Tens of thousands of families are needing food, it’s handing out 16,000 food parcels a week, which is double pre-Covid amounts. The trouble is not just Covid and…
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