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A graphic showing blue-gloved hands holding dental tools over a plate with avocado toast topped with a poached egg. A Red Bull can is nearby. Text says "The Cost of Being," with dollar signs and numbers in the background.

The cost of being: A 25-year-old bar manager who’s in debt to the dentist

The Cost of Being

Bernard Hickey: After Orr’s shock exit, these are the stakes for the NZ economy

Adrian Orr walks off into the sunset

Catherine McGregor

A collage with a bottle of oil, blocks of cheese, and a wooden toy train on a grid background. Text on the left reads "The Cost of Being" in red and green. Green numbers and dollar signs are in the background.

The cost of being: An IT manager and mum to a toddler, who’s saving for ‘peace of mind’

The Cost of Being

Shadow of an empty shopping cart cast on a sunlit concrete surface, with the cart's metallic structure partially visible in the bottom right corner.

We need to stop shadow-boxing on competition

A surreal collage features a person with a KFC bucket as a head, wearing a red hoodie, holding a vacuum cleaner. Background shows a grid with financial tables, graphs, and dollar signs. Text reads "The Cost of Being" on the left.

The cost of being: A stay-at-home dad who’s ‘a little cheapskate about some things’

The Cost of Being

digital illustration of a map of New zealand holding a cardboard sign saying "looking for a job"

One position, 1,200 applications: A snapshot of New Zealand’s job market right now

Silhouette of a young girl facing right against a blue grid background. Pink lines form a rising graph-like pattern behind the figure.

Claim of ‘no movement’ in child poverty stats misleading, advocates say

adrian orr 50 dollar background

Reserve Bank says healthy OCR cut signals better days ahead

Catherine McGregor

Illustration of a man in a suit pointing at a clock on the wall, while another man sits at a desk. A third man is lying horizontally in an open drawer of the desk, looking at a phone.

I spent two years searching for a job. Here’s what I learnt