The cost of postage is set to increase as New Zealand Post continues to struggle with a significant loss of income from fewer letters being sent.
The state-owned postal operator announced today a price hike for all postage from July 1, which will see the cost of sending a standard letter within the country increase from $1 to $1.20.
Chief marketing officer Bryan Dobson says that to maintain the postal network of 880 outlets and 1.98 million delivery places NZ Post has to increase prices.
"Careful consideration has been taken in making these pricing decisions, however, given the letter decline challenges NZ Post faces they are necessary."
Other charges are also going up. The cost of sending a letter overseas will increase 20 cents while sending a parcel within New Zealand will cost an extra 50 cents.
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Do these people enjoy stabbing themselves in the back,why would you pay a $1.20 to send a letter from here to Christchurch and back again when you can use Uncle Google and send a message with photo's and sound basically straight away,snail mail is doomed.