Home / Business / Economy / Employment Tamsyn Parker Business Editor · NZ Herald · 15 Jul, 2026 05:00 AM 2 mins to read Tamsyn Parker and Jenée Tibshraeny discuss the week's biggest stories in the world of economics on The Economy of Everything. Kiwis have long felt like they are getting poorer and now there’s evidence to back that up. An OECD report has revealed real wages in New Zealand are about 1% below where they were last year, and 6% lower than in the first quarter of 2021. And the drop puts Advertisement Advertise with NZME.
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