Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut
Aug 22, 2025•16 min•Ep. 218
Episode description
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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