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Labour/Green Govt launches $3M media campaign telling us to take shorter showers, their Helen Clark’s Labour/Green govt moment that was her undoing. Remember them lecturing and telling us what shower nozzles and light bulbs to use?This Labour/Green govt also just gave $140M to NZ Steel owned by an Australian company that makes billions.

Energy Minister Megan Woods launched the advertising campaign this morning – on the same day the Reserve Bank announced a further lift in the Official Cash Rate (OCR), a move that is likely to push interest rates up further. It is part of a promotion of Budget funding to extend a programme for retrofitting homes with insulation and heating.

Called “Find Money in Weird Places”, the campaign by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) and Consumer NZ sets out five tips to trim $500 off a power bill.

They include taking five-minute showers, washing clothes with cold water, setting the heat pump at 21C maximum, switching off appliances at the wall when not in use, and checking whether you can get a better deal with another electricity supplier.

Woods said the ideas were not new but small changes could make a big difference. However, National MPs and Act were quick to mock the campaign on Twitter.