March 01, 2023
Lottery bad call for cyclone relief
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson and the Maori Party’s Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are questioning the holding of a special Lotto draw for Cyclone Gabrielle relief.
Ms Davidson says whanau can see how banks, building material suppliers and supermarkets profit from crisis, and those profits can be taxed.
Ms Ngarewa Packer says the Government needs to show it’s not afraid to redistribute wealth, especially from the 2 percent who own 52 percent of it.
“I hope this prime minister is gping to be a bit more bold in how he is addressing some of the cost of living crisis and some of the other big decisions we have to make to help our whanau recover from the cyclones,” she says.
The cyclone lotto draw will be on March 18