ZB ZB
Opinion
Live now
Start time
Playing for
End time
Listen live
Listen to NAME OF STATION
Up next
Listen live on
ZB

Greens concerned Govt's fuel relief package excludes beneficiaries

Author
Newstalk ZB ,
Publish Date
Wed, 25 Mar 2026, 6:19am
Photo / Getty Images
Photo / Getty Images

Greens concerned Govt's fuel relief package excludes beneficiaries

Author
Newstalk ZB ,
Publish Date
Wed, 25 Mar 2026, 6:19am

There are concerns over the Government's fuel relief package missing benefit-dependent households.

It's unveiled a temporary $50 weekly tax credit for about 143 thousand eligible working families with children as the Iran war sends fuel costs rocketing.
 
Another 14 thousand families will get support at a lower rate.

Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March told Ryan Bridge beneficiaries are often having to drive and some have kids.

He says it's people who are already struggling to make ends meet.

LISTEN ABOVE

Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you