Budget 2026 Care Crisis While Defence Gets Billions
The Government calls this security. Care workers call it poverty wages, broken cars, impossible rent and another Budget that tells them they do not matter.

The Government calls this security. Care workers call it poverty wages, broken cars, impossible rent and another Budget that tells them they do not matter.

Home support workers are paying out of pocket to keep New Zealand’s care system running — and Te Pāti Māori says enough is enough.
PSA says home support workers must be first in line for urgent fuel relief as rising petrol prices threaten essential care services.

Rising fuel prices are leaving NZ home support workers out of pocket, as mileage rates lag far behind real costs.