{"id":600400,"date":"2026-05-23T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600400\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:04:09","slug":"why-everything-in-new-zealand-now-feels-harder-slower-and-more-expensive-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600400\/","title":{"rendered":"Why everything in New Zealand now feels harder, slower and more expensive &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNLW1mUjgyN2diSlVZWmFaRWhUdFJfdG1JLXlCYXhNdmpjX1Izc2J0QUFMYWdCOEFUUVJndlBYZ0dNMk5qUkpjdy1GYnRhX1otY0taYWNpLXFpR3psMmpzODd0MC1aZjlLSWdKSXNoVmxSN3ozcS1CeE5xX3dBMXlDcXVFSFN2bXE3Ym5mUW9JRi1hSU5WUk5JMURWTU9UNGxhMGZrZGZYaWFYWTRWSnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why everything in New Zealand now feels harder, slower and more expensive<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPak1wZHBWcFpHdnllNnJNQnJNSzFlbmU5NTlSNTRkUC1IcUxWUE5ndUtPU2pCczZhTUJXSGxkOWxQRzN2OG5fUl9Lelk0T2RiUUFkazQ2M0FqeW1yNGFubml1NDJLclZJZDh6S3JvQUY0c0t5NElMRGlRbkZZd3dhMW1UQWtzNFNvYU16bzZxamtqTDdObVhNN0RkdzdiQlkwQ1FHUUxwTnp1MXJURjRPaGpYeWZKZ3BodEI4djlwRmlXbDRCYnVaUi1jcV90YUgzblE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Household budgets so stretched it&#8217;s no longer a cost of living crisis but &#8216;the cost to survive&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQNlRPSkZjX2tocWJzaGRzNHlNLVNGcHlEWFg5U1VXWWVGOExEOUZXbGgxbTZvWGl3T3pGeEpjR2todUh4N0cwOUJEZWhBeDRMREkyV1pDS2t1bF8tMzdIeG5iX213WnZYNXRreUhycWxkb1JveVV4MEVtVnZ4aEdZR3V2cThhc0owVmFaS3hCMzBqZmhOVGR5MjN1eGZ6dVdza2ZaZHd6YmJjQUZmMS11ZXFGS1N1bE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How Kiwis are Coping: Pensioners forgoing coffee, meat to keep budgets low<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQbmI1OE00cE5kT2hxRTBWNGlxZF8ydEFINlFVVHI3MmctOW9Hdk1CMTJka3BLTUpyby1aMlpWbDlPMl91Z3NmazZ2Q1pRNGhiVXg4clR0Rk5VeldXcTlLNWlQY3l2VXRmOHI0XzdIRG93TkxiYUpwNms2SGFXVFJuQVFkTDQ2NVNzR0NPb3d3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is the cost of living squeezing your retirement?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxNWHQzbEtVQ0V6WVZNazRSRnR4VXJEZkdEVk5DdjBsTC1IQTY5UEY3aVBvRTI5UXFsZHJfelN2SDQtaGdPZjZNRHlqQmNGWlhibHY3UnpUWWw2d2g4RFg3UHdSZ21sM08zcTJsdmtNdWZvLXlENmtMRnpDaG1RTjF2a2hBdS1HWUw1WXlCT3FraHNBeTZmcDhjQ0liRFNDOEFnRF9Sa1lPRmtPR19HM2ViYm9lclBsT1hUNE5ub1FqTWdGLVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I dread shopping&#8217;: Weekly groceries become an ordeal as cost of living bites<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why everything in New Zealand now feels harder, slower and more expensive&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffHousehold budgets so stretched it&#8217;s no longer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3091,84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-600400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-analysis","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}