The rising cost of living means that more people are struggling to make ends meet and provide a decent standard of living for their whānau.   The rising cost of kai, petrol, electricity, and rents have contributed to this, as well as the recent increase to GST. Small increases in the minimum wage and the small tax cuts to low income earners have not been enough to meet these rising costs.
unfavourably mentions a country's nation and history, for example sceptical towards patriotism or national pride