In contrast, Christopher Luxon outlined a speech on Sunday in his state of the nation address, which clearly stated the realities of many New Zealand families today with a cost of living crisis. Petrol in Wellington—$3.50 a litre. So for those of us sitting in the House, it probably doesn't make too much difference for us, but there are hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders that dread pulling up to the petrol station now, and they dread going to the supermarket for the very reasons that the cost of living is going up and is going up far faster than wages. 