The Ardern government has made “well-being” such a focus of its policies that many New Zealanders think it is now the way forward.
Labour’s ally, the Green Party, is so enamoured with the “well- being” philosophy it sharply criticised the government for raising the level of main benefits “by less than $8 a week” from April 1.
“We have a poverty crisis in NZ, and we must go further and faster to deliver income support that enables everyone to live with dignity,” says Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March.
“The government currently expects a single person over 25 years old to be able to get by on just $250.74 a week, and they’re supposed to celebrate that rising to $258.51. That extra eight dollars isn’t even enough to buy a block of cheese.”
Menendez March says it is “disingenuous” of the government to continue to…
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