How we’re helping Kiwis with the cost of living
Stopping wasteful spending to bring down interest rates and inflation.
Read more.Increasing rates rebates for seniors and extending it to 66,000 more SuperGold Card holders.
Read more.Targeted Working for Families support to deliver an average $14 extra a fortnight to 142,000 low- to middle-income families.
Read more.Extending prescription lengths to 12-months, meaning less time and money spent visiting the doctor.
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What does this mean for you?
Lower family medical costs, and better access to long-term medications, by
increasing the maximum prescription length from three months to twelve months. Read more.Lifting the income threshold to enable up to 66,000 additional lower-income households with a
SuperGold cardholder to get a rates rebate. Read more. Better targeting Working for Families to low- and middle-income families with children, by raising the family income threshold and increasing the abatement rate, so that
142,000 families receive an average of $14 more per fortnight. The cost of this additional support will be met by income testing the first year of the Best Start tax credit, in the same way the second and third years are currently tested.
Read more. Lower costs for around 115,000 teachers by
covering their registration and practising certificate fees through to 2028, saving them up to $550.
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READ THE BUDGET AT A GLANCE HERE
