Winter energy payment kicks in for 2021, but is it enough? - a podcast by RNZ

The temperatures are dropping, which means power bills will soon start rising.
The government's winter energy payment for beneficiaries and pensioners kicks in from Saturday, but some say it doesn't go far enough to cover the rising cost of heating a home.
That means people on low incomes are already apprehensive about how they'll juggle their budgets.
Here's social issues reporter Sarah Robson.

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