11 Sep 2024

Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland

From Nine To Noon, 10:50 am on 11 September 2024
The senior woman holding gas bill in front of heating radiator. Payment for heating in winter.

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With the Far North paying the highest power prices in New Zealand, despite having one of the lowest median incomes, Peter has been talking to families having to choose between buying groceries and paying their electricity bill.

He also discusses the outcry over reduced speed limits in Bay of Islands, and contrasting Maori ward votes across Northland.

RNZ Northland reporter Peter de Graaf is based in Kerikeri

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