Michael Houghton: ‘My grocery bill during a recent trip to New Zealand was far more expensive than in Ireland’Talking with locals and friends along the way, the cost of living in New Zealand came up a lot in conversationNew Zealand has a supermarket duopoly, which drives up prices. Photo: GettyMichael Houghton Today at 06:30It had been eight years since I was last in New Zealand, the country where I grew up and lived until 2010, when I met my now wife and moved to Ireland the following year.

Source: Irish Independent February 02, 2026 14:33 UTC