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The new minimum wage increase to NZ$21.20 an hour should help a significant number of New Zealand’s lowest-paid workers and their families – 300,000 people, according to the government. Just how much it will help, however, is less certain. At 6%, the increase is in line with the 5.9% annual rise in the consumer price Read more