3 Sep 2025

Elderly and living on a budget

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 3 September 2025

Yesterday we had a big response to an RNZ story about the toll that increases to the cost of living were taking on pensioners.

The messages were tough to read - people struggling to pay for food, insurance, power, rent and their mortage repayments.

Marie Stanley is a 72 year-old pensioner struggling with the cost of living and she has a message for younger people about preparing for the future. 

Close-up woman standing and holding money coin with wallet empty of money

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