Social service providers are cautioning rising prices crushing those who are already struggling.
Food prices increased by 4.5 percent in 2021, rents are jacking up and people are expecting petrol to reach $3 a litre.
The chief executive of He Korowai Trust in Kaitaia Ricky Houghton says this is the worst it has ever been for the underpriviledged in Northland.
He spoke to Corin Dann.
