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Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut

Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut

Update: 2025-08-22
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The coalition is under pressure from the cost-of-living crisis, with job losses, soaring food prices and a construction slowdown hitting hard. This week brought some policy changes and a Reserve Bank rate cut. On Focus on Politics, RNZ acting political editor Craig McCulloch looks at whether that relief will be enough to break the government’s winter of discontent.

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Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut

Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut

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