Yesterday, the Living Wage campaign was launched in Auckland. Initiated by the Service and Food Workers' Union, the campaign will be used as a counter to any perceived cuts to the standard of living for those on the minimum wage.

First Union general secretary Robert Reid said $13.50 might be the new minimum wage but it was completely impossible for a family to live on two full-time minimum wage incomes, let alone if one parent was out of the paid workforce looking after children.

Read the full story from the Otago Daily Times here.