"Finance Minister Nicola Willis said price increases are extremely tough and affecting all New Zealanders, but said some are feeling it more than others."
Thanks captain bleeding obvious
WHERE IS THE PLAN??? )and we know it'll be to help those who least need it)
Government looking at ways to assist families with increasing costs due to Middle East conflict
Iran war hits Kiwi wallets hard, as economist warns of another recession
I mean it's basic economics that when you were IN a recession and shite hits the fan regards your Oil supply that the Govt has made NZ MORE reliant on that there'll be a recession
@rnzbot_nz That’s a good piece of detailed reporting from #RNZ on some disgraceful, mean spirited NZ politics.
> By raising the threshold of "predominantly female" from 66 to 70 percent, the government effectively legislated several professions out of contention including librarians, probation officers and - the largest group - teachers, which have a 68 percent female workforce.
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> NZEI believes that was deliberate. "Why else would you pick that number? I can't see any other reason for that shifting and they can't provide any other reason as to why it's 70 percent," said Kingi.
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> Marilyn Waring, the chair of the People's Select Committee which investigated the change, agreed.
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> "They would have known the exact percentage at which they lost another claimant group," Waring said. "I think they were greedy. Those ministers just had dollar signs in their eyes."
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