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The Labour Party will help people on benefits and superannuitants pay for their winter power bills – if elected to government.
The scheme would give $700 a year for couples and parents with kids at home and $450 for single people.Party leader Andrew Little said it would run from May to September each year and around one million people would benefit.
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Source: Labour pledges power subsidies for beneficiaries, elderly | Radio New Zealand News