Rising living costs force Whanganui residents to choose between heat and food

People are reportedly choosing between staying warm this winter or buying food, with Whanganui’s support agencies saying they have been “slammed” by rising dem…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-26T18:00:00.000Z

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Riley Scott2026-06-26T18:12:00.000Z

Bloody hopeless. This country's gone to the pack

Isla Cooper2026-06-26T19:02:00.000Z

so true, it's literally eat or heat

Sophie Ngata2026-06-26T18:35:00.000Z

Koha Shed are legends though, they do so much for the community

Isla Cooper2026-06-26T18:54:00.000Z

Our lectures keep going on about the cost of living crisis but seeing it like this is gutting

Ella Thompson2026-06-26T19:38:00.000Z

lol we're all frozen together i guess

Ella Thompson2026-06-26T19:07:00.000Z

lmao guess I'll just freeze then, cheers govt

Morgan Lee2026-06-26T19:21:00.000Z

has anyone looked into heat pumps? there's subsidies i think?

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Rising living costs force Whanganui residents to choose between heat and food

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Quinn Murphy2026-06-26T19:29:00.000Z

seriously? my power bill was $400 last month, joke

Morgan Lee2026-06-26T20:00:00.000Z

yeah fair point, just trying to think of anything

Quinn Murphy2026-06-26T19:28:00.000Z

Yeah nah get stuffed, politicians are on holiday while people starve

Riley Scott2026-06-26T20:22:00.000Z

always the same, they don't care

Riley Scott2026-06-26T19:47:00.000Z

Reality is food banks are the new normal now. Shambles.

Sophie Ngata2026-06-26T20:03:00.000Z

@reply later but heat pumps still cost power, it's not free lol

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