New Zealand will start giving out cash payments to nearly 150,000 low-income families to ease the pressure caused by rising petrol prices since the start of the Israel-US war on Iran.
Announcing the world’s first such fuel relief package, prime minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday said low-to-middle-income workers who have children will get an extra payment of NZ$50 (£21.80) a week from 1 April in response to the global fuel crisis.
