29 Sep 2022

Dwindling dollar hits travellers and importers hard

From Checkpoint, 5:45 pm on 29 September 2022

New Zealanders venturing overseas for the first time in a couple of years are seeing their hard-earned cash evaporating. The NZ dollar has dipped to its lowest point against the greenback since March 2020. And those of us not travelling internationally are also likely to face higher prices for many every-day goods, from pharmaceuticals to phones. Ruth Hill reports.