To be a great prime minister of New Zealand comes with great responsibility. Leading the country comes with great respect for the people and having strength. Today I will be talking about raising the minimum wage, lowering food prices and making public health care free.
First we will talk about the minimum wage. If you don’t know what minimum wage is, let me fill you in. Minimum wage is how much money you make per hour.The current Minimum wage in NZ is 22.70$ but i think we should raise it to 30$ an hour. I think the government should raise the minimum wage to 30$ because some families really struggle with the cost of living crisis and it would be good for the people if 30$ was the minimum wage.
Second, the food prices. Food prices in New Zealand are insanely expensive. It would cost about 200$ to do your average weekly food shopping. If we compare this to the average weekly shopping in Australia it would cost 160$ that’s 40$ cheaper. In conclusion the food prices in New Zealand are ridiculously high and they need to be lowered.
Now our last topic is free healthcare.The free healthcare in New Zealand is pretty amazing and is one of the top 20 in the world.But i do think that New Zealand needs more surgeons, doctors,and nurses. I also think that New Zealanders should pursue being doctors because of the nurse shortage in NZ.
Now our conclusion,these are all pretty big problems in New Zealand and I hope the government will eventually lower food prices, raise the minimum wage and provide free healthcare for all New Zealanders