Cost of living: Pensioners living in pain, skipping meals as inflation pushes essentials out of reach

Article originally published on Newshub April 2023, see link below

Pensioners are struggling to survive as inflation pushes the costs of essentials out of reach, forcing many to skip meals just to get by.

Aotearoa is grappling with a cost of living crisis as mortgage rates, rents and food prices skyrocket - driven by inflation of 7.2 percent.

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