How do we afford the champagne lifestyle NZ wants to live?

Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan by RNZ

Oct 8, 202600:12:23Society & Culture

An opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald by Steve Maharey caught our eye and we wanted to know more. Steve writes that Kiwis have champagne taste but a beer budget ... and it's not working for us. This election is bein...

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