Cost of living in New Zealand jumps in latest survey
TVNZ
Thu Jul 24 07:41:00 2008
The economic credit crunch is being blamed for the soaring cost of living in two New Zealand cities

Homeowners start to panic
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:07 2008
Homeowners are flocking to the Government's online mortgage repayment calculator as rising living costs and high interest rates lead some people to re-assess what they can afford to repay. People used the Retirement Commission's...

NZ zooms up world cost-of-living scale (+photos)
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:00 2008
Rising costs of housing, rent and food have catapulted New Zealand's biggest cities up a global cost of living ranking. Mercer's 2008 Cost of Living Survey has Auckland in 78th place and Wellington 93rd, up 21 and 18 places respectively. But...