WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: Why are the poor paying for a war New Zealand didn’t start?
Fuel relief New Zealand debate heats up as low-income whānau bear the cost of rising petrol prices from a war they had no role in.
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Government’s fossil fuel relief fails Kiwis – Greens
The Greens say the Government’s fossil fuel relief package fails to meet the scale of the crisis, leaving many New Zealanders without meaningful support.
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Fuel relief a start, but most Kiwis still struggling – Labour says
Labour says the Government’s fuel relief announcement leaves too many New Zealanders behind, with rising petrol prices adding to an already brutal cost of living crisis.
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Nicola Willis Must Act Now: Home Support Workers Are Subsidising The State With Their Own Petrol – Te Pāti Māori
Home support workers are paying out of pocket to keep New Zealand’s care system running — and Te Pāti Māori says enough is enough.
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Home Support Workers Must Be Front of Queue For Fuel Fix Nicola Willis – PSA
PSA says home support workers must be first in line for urgent fuel relief as rising petrol prices threaten essential care services.
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The Refinery We Demolished
How the Marsden Point refinery closure left NZ exposed as the Iran war drives petrol past $3/litre. What went wrong—and what comes next.
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National, ACT + NZF too frightened to act on petrol prices crisis because they are still criticising Covid response
Rising petrol prices expose National, ACT and NZF’s failure to act, as global conflict and energy shocks hit New Zealand households.
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Help us now: 23,000 home support workers crushed by petrol price hikes
23,000 home support workers face rising petrol costs as PSA urges the Government to act on fuel price pressures driven by the Iran war.
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Why punish Kiwis at the petrol pump for a war we had no hand in making?
No one in NZ is responsible for Trump’s insane and illegal war with Iran. He is been conned and tricked…
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NZ Government kill electric cars just when we need more electric cars
Verity Johnson is one of the best columnists in NZ, and she makes the devastating point that the NZ Government…
