Retirement may be a dream for some … but for others it’s a nightmare.
40% of Kiwi seniors survive on the pension alone and spend much of their time worrying about how to cut their living costs. For some it means eating cheaply and less often, not flushing their toilet to save water or sitting in the dark at night.
With Aotearoa deep in a cost-of-living crisis, we meet the pensioners who are sick of living on struggle street.

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