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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Finance Minister on tackling the cost of living crisis
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:09:33
	Publish Date:		2025-07-03 05:16:00
	Description:		The Prime Minister has promised to take action in the coming months to tackle the cost of living crisis. Christopher Luxon has acknowledged it is still tough out there for too many kiwis and the government's focus is on unlocking economic growth. According to Stats NZ the price of food has gone up 4.4% in the last year. Electricity is up almost 9% and gas is up more than 15%. As of March last year house insurance was up almost 25 % and contents insurance up about 28%. This week figures from Centrix showed almost half a million people are behind on debt repayments. Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Lisa Owen.
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