Who's Getting Rich While You Struggle?
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Post 1 — Supermarkets
Two companies control your food and charge what they like
Pak'nSave, New World, Four Square = Foodstuffs. Plus Woolworths. Together they control 9 out of every 10 grocery dollars in NZ. Where else can you go?
📊 The government found they were making $1 million in EXTRA profit every single day. Food prices are 30% higher than 5 years ago — more than Australia, even though we grow food here. Some stores were charged in court for lying on price labels in 2025.
💡 Try instead: farmers markets · local veg shops · Asian grocers · butchers · Ooooby food boxes. Your money stays in the community.
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Post 2 — Banks
Four banks made more profit than every other big NZ company combined
ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac — all Australian-owned. In 2024 they made $6.5 billion profit from NZ. More than Fonterra, Air NZ, Auckland Airport and every supermarket combined. That money leaves NZ.
📊 NZ's Commerce Commission confirmed we pay more than people in the UK, Canada and Europe. They don't compete — they all charge the same high price and pocket the difference.
💡 Switch to: Kiwibank (NZ-owned) · The Co-operative Bank · First Credit Union · NZCU Baywide
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Post 3 — Zuru / Mowbray family
You buy their toys for your kids. Their $20 billion stays offshore.
Nick, Mat and Anna Mowbray grew up in Hamilton. Zuru makes X-Shot, Bunch O Balloons, Rainbocorns, Mini Brands, Smashers. Zuru is based in Hong Kong — a very low-tax place. The money doesn't come back to NZ.
📊 When workers left reviews online calling Zuru a "burnout factory" with a "toxic" culture, Zuru went to an American court to unmask them so they could sue. Glassdoor confirmed: the reviewers were real former employees. A union called it "a climate of fear."
💡 Try instead: LEGO · Melissa & Doug · second-hand toy shops · your library's toy lending service
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Post 4 — Graeme Hart
You've eaten his food this week and had no idea
Graeme Hart is worth $12 billion. He owns Greggs sauces, Hansells, Hubbard's cereals, Aunt Betty's, Alfa One and Vitafresh. He doesn't run these companies — he just owns them and takes the profit.
📊 Between 2021–2023 he donated $700,000 to National and ACT — the parties now running NZ. The ultra-rich pay tax at just 8.9%. Average workers pay 20%+.
💡 Swap: Harraways oats (NZ-owned, made in Dunedin) · Bin Inn bulk food stores · your local farmers market. Check every label.
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Post 5 — The Todd family
They dig up NZ's gas. When it runs out — we pay to clean it up.
The Todd family ($3.5 billion) have been extracting oil and gas from NZ since 1929. They sell power to tens of thousands of Kiwi homes through Nova Energy. When their Tui oil project ran out in 2024, taxpayers — not the Todds — paid the cleanup bill.
📊 The government then offered Todd Energy $200 million to keep drilling for fossil gas — while ordinary families struggle to pay power bills.
💡 Check if your power is Nova Energy. Switch to: Meridian (51% NZ government-owned) · Contact Energy (NZ-listed) · or check powerswitch.org.nz for the best deal in your area
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Post 6 — The big picture
119 people own more than 40% of everything NZ earns in a year
The bottom 50% of NZ own just 2% of the wealth. The top 5% own 43%. The gap grows every year — even during a cost of living crisis hitting women and children hardest.
📊 IRD found the ultra-rich pay tax at 8.9%. Workers on average wages pay 20%+. Their wealth comes from investments and property — not taxed the same as your wages. This is not an accident.
💡 Vote. Support wealth tax and capital gains tax. Follow: Tax Justice Aotearoa · ActionStation · Consumer NZ