00:04South Auckland is home to one of the largest Pacific communities in the world but behind
00:10the smiles many here say life is tough struggling with food struggling with paying the rent you
00:18know we feel that we're struggling with a general election just weeks away cost of living is at the
00:25top of voters minds and some are looking to greener pastures Australia is way bigger than New Zealand
00:31so the opportunities are there around 150,000 people have crossed the Tasman in recent years
00:38including some of the regulars at local community hub the brown pride gym just in this year probably
00:45close to 10 of our members have been moved over cost of living anger has been spilling onto the
00:53streets with the government trying to convince voters of better years ahead should they be
00:59re-elected the good news is all the projections from the treasury will indicate the next couple
01:04of years we'll be seeing good solid growth but unemployment remains at a decade high and a
01:10number of Maori and Pacific programs have been cut when we look at unemployment statistics for
01:16Pacific people it is over double the amount of the national average as the cost of living rises
01:21and jobs are harder to come by many are asking whether Auckland still offers the same promise
01:26it once did most of the families here felt like they've done all they could in New Zealand the
01:32challenge for whoever wins in November finding more reasons for Kiwis to stay
