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May 30, 2024 | News
Money for the street, not the elite says Peters
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peter says people should have waited to see what’s in the Budget before they went out […]
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December 22, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Matt Roskruge | Associate Dean Māori in Massey Business School
Budget Wrap Up for 2023 and whats ahead for next year
May 31, 2023 | News
Budget Māori spend contested
Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson says the Māori Party needs to learn how to count.
May 30, 2023 | News
Budget lines up coalition partners
A Māori political scientist says Grant Robertson's sixth Budget can help align Labour with the Greens and the Māori Party.
May 25, 2023 | News
Prescription charge axing makes health system healthier
The deputy director general of health, John Whaanga, says ending prescription should benefit many Māori families.
May 25, 2023 | News
Staff retention problem for Māori media
Te Māngai Pāho chief executive Larry Parr says finding and retaining Māori speakers is a problem not just for Māori media but across the reo Māori ecosystem.
May 24, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Marama Davidson | Leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa
Budget 2023 and Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga combines investment from Budget 2021 ($380m) and the Māori Infrastructure Fund ($350m) into a $730m Māori housing fund. This is the largest single investment ever in Māori Housing.
May 23, 2023 | News
Health prevention putea could save future spend
Health Coalition Aotearoa hopes the Government will think more about health prevention rather than just health care in the next Budget.
May 23, 2023 | News
ECE plan missing Māori dimension
A leader of Taranaki puna reo Te Kopae Piripono warns Māori early childhood education providers may not meet the criteria for new ECE funding.
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