Cost Of Living

Same salaries - different lifestyles. The experiences of two teachers and two apprentices show how far the cost of living in Auckland has diverged from the rest of the country. Audio

Costs for beneficiaries and low incomes earners rose more than twice as much as costs did for the highest spenders, Statistics New Zealand says. Audio

Auckland primary schools blame the city's increasingly high housing costs for difficulties trying to fill vacancies. The Auckland Primay Principals Association says a survey reveals just how serious… Audio

Beneficiaries and people on low incomes are being hit hard by rising rents and increasing fresh food costs. Audio

Mighty River Power is expecting the lines charges component of most of its customers' bills will rise this year, although actual outcomes could be anywhere from an 8 percent drop to an 8 percent… Audio

Auckland Mayor Len Brown speaks with Guyon Espiner. Audio

An international survey ranks Auckland's housing market as one of the ten least affordable in the world. Audio

An international survey has ranked Auckland's housing market as one of the ten least affordable in the world - less affordable than even New York and Los Angeles. Audio

Estimates have the economy growing above the trend rate compared to other developed nations, but other measures show the benefits of growth aren’t filtering through to all. Patrick O’Meara looks at… Audio

A significant fall in the price of fuel is giving New Zealander's more to spend on other things. Audio

People in Northland, parts of South Canterbury and the Central North Island can expect a small hike in their power bill next year. Audio

Listening to that was the Energy Minister, Simon Bridges... Audio

The Green Party says people are increasingly spending more of their pay packet on power. Audio

The Green Party says people are spending more and more of their pay packet on power and have produced figures backing up their claims. Audio

Households could see their power bills drop by about 25 dollars a year under a Commerce Commission decree that cuts profit margins for electricity and gas distribution companies. Audio

Slow economic growth, the Ebola outbreak, and war. These are just some of the problems that finance ministers and policy makers will grapple at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund… Audio

For a whole year, two Canadian flatmates didn't spend a cent on anything but essentials - food, rent, toilet paper and their mobile phone. They had been rampant consumers, but they re-considered the… Audio