Power charges crisis
Auckland has a housing crisis, whereas we in the Far North have a power crisis.
We are being smoke-screened by clever media propaganda accusing those in poverty of spending up large on gambling, smoking, drugs and alcohol, when the true underlying cause, common to all, is the insane power charges.
For our region you must factor in abhorrent electricity charges as a major cause of poverty and extreme hardship for many Far North households.
There is no respite to the annual price hikes, and with electricity companies wanting to increase their power prices by up to 80 per cent over the next year, expect hundreds more families to hit rock bottom.
