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Hold the roosters, no economic dawn yet

Anna Rawhiti-Connell

A pink canned drink, gray boots, and a green dress are arranged on a red grid background. Green and red numbers and symbols are scattered, with a green dollar sign. The phrase "The Cost of Being" appears in green and red on the right.

The cost of being: A clothes-mad 20-something who walks everywhere

The Cost of Being

A gray cat sits on a green scooter with a red makeup bag in the background. The image features a graph and dollar signs, with the words "THE COST OF BEING" in bold red and green text on the left.

The cost of being: An ‘anti-capitalist’ barista and tutor renting in Wellington

The Cost of Being

A man in a suit stands at a lectern with papers and a glass of water in front of him. He appears to be speaking in a wooden panelled room. The text "The Bulletin" is vertically displayed on the right side of the image.

New Zealand’s new ‘anti-scam czar’ gets to work

Stewart Sowman-Lund

A collage with a red cricket bat, a black leather shoe, a cup of coffee, and the words "THE COST OF BEING" on a graph background. The chart has a red downward trend and a green upward trend.

The cost of being: A lawyer with two kids, a mortgage and a love of good meat

The Cost of Being

Six colourful plates with forks rest on a blue and white checkered tablecloth. Each plate is a different pastel colour — green, purple, orange, blue, yellow, and pink – and has food crumbs on it.

Who are the New Zealanders who can’t afford nourishing food?

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The cost of being: A disabled beneficiary who often has to spend bus money on food

The Cost of Being

A collage featuring a vape, a travel card, and a wine bottle against a red graph background. The text "The Cost of Being" is on the left in green and red.

The cost of being: A uni tutor who spends on vapes, samosas and the odd night out

The Cost of Being

The true story behind New Zealand’s emporium empire

A pink breadmaker with green dollar signs and carrots on top, two glasses of beer (one dark, one light) in front of a graph with numbers. Text on the right reads "The Cost of Being!.

The cost of being: A part-time gardener, full-time dad to a toddler

The Cost of Being