Food prices are rising much faster than wages, putting more pressure on household budgets and creating a squeeze that's feeling worse for some than the global financial crisis, one economist says.

The government is promising changes to the Commerce Act it says will prevent "creeping acquisitions and predatory pricing".

Australia will suffer more frequent and extreme climate events, often happening simultaneously, which will strain industry, services and infrastructure, a government report says.

A Christchurch retirement village resident has pushed back against claims she and other residents broke the alcohol rules, sparking a booze ban at the village.

A new political poll points to a deadlocked Parliament, with Labour still narrowly ahead of National but neither bloc able to govern on its own.