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Finance Minister Nicola Willis will pull back the curtain on the Government's finances today, revealing what she calls the snakes and snails left behind by Labour.
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[@chrysallis317]

I am a teacher, and to hear that woman say that we are cutting school lunches/ keeping kids hungry, is appauling. Her reason; it hasn't helped educational outcomes!!! You can't make that crap up. Low empathy National Government.

[@alantea5394]

Sorry, I think teacher job is teaching and it is the parent job to provide breakfast and lunch....

[@iraia-jpaul4345]

Gone are the days of old,where it was our Nana's that thought us to respect,the values of behaviour and dealing with any mental disorders,the answers are so simply to comprehend,good luck to those those who find it

[@chrysallis317]

Because the parents can not afford rent, power, food, clothing etc, despite working. Beautiful, hardworking single parents and working families! At my school NOURISH provides xmas hampers so they can survive over xmas. Have some empathy.

[@chrysallis317]

​@@alantea5394Sorry, but you can clearly afford to do this, some parents are not able to do so. Volunteer in a food bank or a school in a less affluent area, and you will gain empathy and understanding.

[@alantea5394]

@@chrysallis317 sorry, I am coming from a non welfare country so if non welfare country parents can afford to provide food for their children then how come a welfare country, parents can't. I accept there are exception but we all need to learn to budget.

[@MrMiratana]

How can you blast overspending being the cause of cutbacks and at the same time want to deliver tax cuts????

[@dave24-73]

100% you can’t, she’s on Another plant.

[@ShirleyZhang-bt4dj]

Simple.

[@dave24-73]

@@ShirleyZhang-bt4dj want to elaborate?

[@richardpeychers4076]

Overspending and taxcuts are two entirely different animals, tax cuts can achieved by taking money's from wasteful projects like more bike tracks and direct that money through the public back into the economy.

[@richardpeychers4076]

​@@dave24-73Do u mean planet or do u mean weed.

[@TheDeviousflow]

National have no answers, ever since the debates, and it is happening right before our eyes. Still to this day. Crazy Gov.

[@trevormcgaughran9351]

Stupid comment about a Government that's only been in Office a couple of weeks..Give them a chance they've got a dreadful mess to clean up.

[@geoffreym2769]

Māori MP wearing a Palestine flag show's me that she is aligning herself with Terrorists

[@Stuffynes]

I wondered what that was, familiar but could not quite place it.

[@cameronjohns8639]

Judith Collins still exists, I didn't t know that, bit disappointing

[@skovdzschitt3230]

😂

[@ElismyJudge]

That's great insight into your lack of knowledge and limited understanding.

[@YohnnyNZ]

@@ElismyJudge so your happy with her record and the fact she still in her role?

[@sophiegardner6006]

only the good die young, I expect Judith to live to 300, that how bad she is.

[@cameronjohns8639]

@Aotearian likewise, throw some arrogance into the mix and It reflects

[@DaleHerron-h8v]

A complete circus. Winston Peters didn't answer any of the questions. Packing bags heading offshore for better pay and conditions. See ya

[@trevormcgaughran9351]

Bye..😆

[@ElismyJudge]

Nikki Willis is nailing these fools.

[@YohnnyNZ]

the only people being played a fool are us.

[@sophiegardner6006]

what that they are all small sausages?

[@chrysallis317]

She is cutting school lunches for impoverished kids/ schools, so rich people can have tax cuts! Also it's been a waste of money for her as educational outcomes have not been raised.

[@CarolSassen]

Willis just bashes on blaming blaming blah blah blah I think she is delusional she contradicts herself 🙄

[@roberthooker4970]

How will the 90 day trail introduction reduce the rise of unemployment and by what %?

[@skovdzschitt3230]

It doesn’t, it’s a policy that benefits business, not employees. Right-leaning governments operate on the ideology that it’s better to give tax dollars and benefits to ‘private’ businesses and corporations because (tired and worn) trickledown theory says it will be redistributed to the public through job creation and wages. The purpose of the policy is actually to push up the unemployment rates. Low unemployment = higher wages; as employers do not have a ‘replacement pot’ of people desperate for work, so they must be fair in work conditions and pay. High unemployment = lowering of wages. With more people looking for or needing work, the attitude of employers is supported to take the position you (employee) need us, we don’t need you.

[@AnthonyFlack]

They don't want to lower unemployment, they want to drive unemployment up to push down wages. Watch it happen.

[@djldjldjl]

Nicola Willis doesn't seem capable of describing her economic policy

[@djldjldjl]

Also, every time Winston virtue signals about virtue signaling take a hit of your cigar

[@DrRatweasel]

Nicola Willis doesn't seem capable

[@skovdzschitt3230]

Lol, she’s just Nicola being Nicola, like Winston being Winston and Willie being Willie…. These are the brain farts that we currently live under 😂

[@richardpeychers4076]

Or you're unable to understand it.

[@raywheeler3135]

Or Nicola doesn't understand basic finance

[@gavinsutton7724]

Same old story Its all previous government fault. COVID what COVID. It's about the people not all about the?$$

[@roberthooker4970]

The health minister showed they have not planned in detail when they fumulated policy.

[@ElismyJudge]

Lol, what? Hard to undo 6 years of failure in a couple of weeks don't you think? However you sound like an expert in the field of public health with that type of criticism, what is your solution? Amaze us all.

[@facepalm7345]

@@ElismyJudge well the solution is to keep the low cost and well planned reforms in place, instead of complaining about it all and calling the costs to change everything again the previous government's fault

[@Kult365]

​@@ElismyJudgeThe Coalition -Clowncar has a solution... smokes and meth ingredients 😂😂

[@alantea5394]

New Zealand has not hope when under Labour, the crime run crazy like ram raid, more than 50% kids not going to school, inflation above 6%, people are struggling with raising living cost, mortgage rates like 8%, business are closing in numbers and Labour just kept giving money that we don't have...... After weeks in government for National coalition...and you think Labour can do better....NO HOPE... 😢😢😢

[@facepalm7345]

@@alantea5394 that's not even close to reality

[@uciteljica6381]

Can you media stop focusing on what the opposition says and let us know what say people we voted for?

[@agnz]

This is unedited parliamentary coverage.

[@harmonyadams7577]

Stop blaming Labour for all your fiscal holes National

[@Nzappreciator110]

We will have to see the outcome

[@alantea5394]

We have a fiscal holes after 6 years of Labour Government....so who should we blame??😂😂😂

[@AnthonyFlack]

@@alantea5394 - there wasn't a fiscal hole in Labour's budget; it's National's budget that is full of holes... as economists were warning anyone who would listen before the election. Willis acts like it's all a surprise but the fact is they made a whole bunch of empty promises and now it's time to show their working, they can't make their numbers add up. That's why yesterday's "mini budget" was a pamphlet full of nothing.

[@3inchgoblin]

man Nicola Willis she has some good balls i love hearing hear speak. also love how she just keeps talking and ignores them blabbling on.

[@trevormcgaughran9351]

She's a welcome change from her predecessor

[@3inchgoblin]

@@trevormcgaughran9351100% i noticed the labour party skipped over the fact that the "surplus" was only 140mil lol. i guess that gift $2b from blackrock was only if labour won bwahaha

[@kitty2527]

Chris Hippins, under Labour, heaps of talent ppl left for Australia.

[@AnthonyFlack]

Maybe because they have fair pay agreements over there.

[@kitty2527]

@@AnthonyFlack No, I worked in Australia before and their unions set up are different, they also have a better system for planning retirment compared to our KIWISAVERS, also Australia has an open door policy for Kiwis cos we integrate better compared with otherS coning from other regions. Australia is pretty competitve on a global scale. If one has good education and the right skill sets, one can command good pay. Their taxes are high though and their housing rents are really crazy. I still prefer Singapore, taxes are super low, rents are high but one can still find rooms to rent and food is sooo much cheaper. Everything is expensive in Australia. alot of homeless now and high crime rates with poor gun control. But the Labour party really set NZ back. After living in several cities, I can only say fair pay agreements does not work in real life. Our ability and best defence to earning more money is to add value to our job through lifelong education and learn how to do investing. In Singapore, their govt provide grants to small and medium companies to embrace technology and AI, hence instead of hriing say 2 ful staff and part timers, the business owner can just cut down to 2 full time staff or 1 full time staff and a part timer in a pet shop, AI will capture the data and plan for re-ordering and........ NZ is suffering now because this social tap has been open for too long and Kiwis are losing their competitive age on a global market and those kids that are not attending school and learning but instead are vaping and taking part in climate protest, are doing themselves the greatest diservice and using Covid is the worse excuse cos Asian students on the whole fared very well on the recent PISA test, European, Australia and Australian kids are so behind. Dontl believe me, goggle a PSLE MATHS PAPER and attempt on solving those maths questions. PSLE is a major exam for a 12 year old kid in Singapore. I think we better wake up cos we are letting the world go by. Now time for me to learn the maths so that I can teach my grandchildren who are living in NZ and will be entering nursery school soon. Many westerns do not value good education anymore.

[@mearip6116]

National obsess with Labour😂

[@roberthooker4970]

Government housing waiting list increased due private rent increasing one may think.

[@ElismyJudge]

Huh? Have you been asleep for the last 6 years?

[@Hobson474]

Right… it can’t be anything to do with the record levels of immigration and lack of housing development.

[@user-pn6su1zc8r]

If you are not amongst the few at the top brace yourself prepare for what’s coming

[@druckerman247]

Dr Reti is a future GOAT.

[@josiecassidy9037]

Not a great response Winfield Peters!!

[@MrHanstar100]

Top it all off with pay increases in early 2024 for the National Front bench🎉😢🤣 This lot is unbelievable.

[@terryvanderhoeven2148]

You mean the last lot was unbelievable. Expanding the number of bureaucrats hugely as well as paying for another layer of experts for multiple projects that were canned or continued unrealistically like the Cook Strait Ferry plan. Wage and salary reviews to reflect inflation and performance are and should be a normal annual process if compatince is important.

[@agnz]

​@@terryvanderhoeven2148thats the thing the projects are a waste of resources once they're canned, getting the scissors out is a great strategy for short term window dressing

[@AnthonyFlack]

@@terryvanderhoeven2148 - throwing away much-needed reforms and infrastructure upgrades once we're already hundreds of millions of dollars in, and replacing them with nothing. No plan for the ferries, no plan for water infrastructure, no plan for climate change, no plan for the polytechs, no plan for the power grid, no plan for anything. National's top priority right now, apart from tax cuts for their donors, is to silence all the experts in every industry, all the economists, academics and everyone else who have got the numbers to show that their policies are setting us up for disaster.

[@MateinaTanga]

I seek to move that New Zealand is I. Trouble with government and Hitler Pm Adolf Luxon

[@Kult365]

@ 19:20 triggered much Winfield? 😂😂

[@Julie-g3u]

Don't forget willie we have had 2 cyclones 2 floodings (big) & more floodings in Nelson, she seems to forget about this. WHO PAYS FOR THIS. GOVERNMENT OF CAUSE

[@rocarroll1533]

What is Nicola s fiscall experience if any,sdem like she is all talk and no substance

[@raywheeler3135]

None...zero...zilch. She has an English literature degree and had a middle management role at Fonterra.

[@BRUCE_the_MOOSE_]

Inflation and interest rates go up, inflation and interest rates go down. Inflation and interest rates go up, inflation and interest rates go down. You spin me round baby right round baby like a record baby right right round.

[@aquariussun6424]

27:26 😂

[@OliDox]

She did that on purpose lmao

[@roberthooker4970]

90 day trails! For each employee a private business takes on what is $ effect on the owners income?

[@colingander3051]

we wait , if nothing happens then national will be gone

[@aggressive.progressive]

not one thing this cobbled together Frankenstein govt will get away with. 3 leaks in a month is hilarious.

[@howstupidcanyoube100]

If you’re going to promise to gut the public sector you can guarantee that some in there are going to be pissed off that their workmates and friends are being fired. It will be impossible to keep them under cover

[@davidjohn6936]

Come clean on the use of chemtrails in nz

[@AnthonyFlack]

Chemtrails are tinfoil hat nonsense.

[@katefloss973]

what if we changed the word maori for white new Zealanders

[@Nzappreciator110]

I am if you are a White New Zealander you should be pro white and only care about your own race like every non white group does!

[@honewhetstone1732]

Gerry Brownlee is going to bring this country together. He is awesome.

[@user-pn6su1zc8r]

Protect Nicky if she does what she wanted we will all need help

[@druckerman247]

James bkack eye shaw.

[@roberthooker4970]

Why is it taking so long to workout income tax rate chsnges? Is not part of the 100 day plan?

[@agnz]

Because they weren't that serious about giving them to begin with, they wouldn't release their numbers pre election because it would have shown backdating historical tax rebates to landlords was the priority.

[@trevormcgaughran9351]

We're a long way off 100 days..Anyway any changes announced will probably not come into effect until at least April 1st..

[@rikgell2650]

Big ticket item. Taxpayer funded handouts to babyboomers at 65

[@tooxtalivai0690]

I don’t wanna hear it’s the last guys fault fix it that’s what your charged to do. Watching more fuckery like tells me same ol same ol.

[@terryvanderhoeven2148]

Chris Hipkins is banging on about names and other inconsequential stuff. Arrogance and Virtue signalling is what Labour is all about.

[@maggigee6867]

Banging on about names? You know whose putting big time and money into name changes now right?

[@normalmighty]

​@jamessales9047 Everyone in National was calling out the cost of changing all the names to Maori first and I agreed that it was a waste of money and shouldn't have been done. But now National wants to literally double the cost of this asinine name debate by flipping it all back, and we're all pretending the cost doesn't matter anymore?

[@dash-kt7uf]

@@normalmighty is that your primary concern of the government? Shows you are clutching at straws like most of the left Must be tough to be a leftie at the moment

[@sophiegardner6006]

you are completely confused it Winston and Rimmer who bang on about names, but Nikki can't add, does understand economics and lied to parliament about the fiscal update which was checked by treasury and audit office so what are you on about ? children TV is on before 4 pm, best you stick to that aye.

[@terryvanderhoeven2148]

@sophiegardner6006 Actually, Winston is in his element calling out the BS. It astounds me watching the conceited, self-inflated egotistical belief in his superiority, Grant Robinson exudes about himself. Nilcola Willis is a huge improvement in managing the governments finances. Grant Robinson, another Labour minister who believes you can continue trying to suck the blood out of a stone with no consequences. History repeats as in Labour's expertise.

[@user-pn6su1zc8r]

Those not in the few at the top brace yourselves tricky Nicky will deal to you bottom feeders

[@Kult365]

Live feed mysteriously cut when Takuta is speaking Maaori...🤔

[@joblack7829]

maybe that's because only 5% of the viewers can understand Maori??

[@Nzappreciator110]

Based

[@Kult365]

@@joblack7829 I don't think it would have happened due to the racist trope that you just espoused... but it looks terrible for the channel

[@AnthonyFlack]

@@joblack7829 - you're right we really should encourage more people to speak it.

[@dobby4139]

so what are businesses ment to suffer??? WTF why are businesses so abused in this country. If these laws are not changed so many will close down. These clowns should try run a business.

[@rocarroll1533]

Winston time waster master class

[@Jacob-bg6qx]

more woke virtual signalling from Nicola. Where are our tax cuts we were promised?

[@oterangirikibest3982]

Lets not forget about ukrain

[@roberthooker4970]

MP for hawkes bay /napier . Why did see speak for such short time?

[@kitty2527]

Recently when kids in China fell ill and are put on drips in the hospital, all of them were doing their homework. Parents in the western world don't seem to care enough what is happening and what disadvantage when their kids missed schools and not able to build a strong foundation. If these students have time to protest about climate change then they have time to sit down and learn something useful.

[@AnthonyFlack]

And yet there's a whole lot those kids in China aren't permitted to learn. Like nothing in particular happened in April-June 1989. And of course climate change isn't going to be relevant to anybody's future, because HEY it's not real, right? Just kidding, I'm sure you're not that ignorant.

[@chrysallis317]

No NZ government ever has had a strong enough legislation, policy and staffing around truancy and lateness in schools. I agree, a lot more could be done.

[@madave92]

The phenomena that is Winston Peters is a quandry. Though I think he is selling us down the river in general with regard to the Reo, he is one of so many Māori who are mamae around the dissention of NOT having fluency in something that, in his heart and wairua, he desires very deeply. This mamae needs to be respected and cared for, no matter what the cause or debate is. Our Reo, is most certail an intellectual 'muscle builder' and this koroua deserves it as well. I just wish he would step aside and let Hana Maipi take her well deserved seat as Deputy Prime Minister!! One day she will be Prime Minister!! Hara mai tetahi ahua!

[@roberthooker4970]

The MP for Tamaki should listen the song by Oliver Anthony - Rich Men north of Richmond.

[@bugmouthready529]

The humans are back in charge

[@tonygee3284]

Nicola is the real deal. Labour had no idea

[@oterangirikibest3982]

Thankyou green party we are not disposable workers 13 years experience in palliative care and i was released due to attending palliative care for my nana and got given a disciplinery for taking brievement leave for her palliative care and attendance of funeral which did consist of 12 days off work in my 90day trial and i was let go however no union rep will represent me for this unlawful of unjustified dismissal 😢 Please both side matter and making sure you balance truth vs bullshit employers have every right to hire who they want when they want this 90 day trial only allows them to dictate the standards of what they want and if you dont procide their standard they have every right to let you go all because you followed your rights to attend tangi/funeral with notice and yet still dismissed on the grounds of the 90day trial please be sure you find balance in employers right to terminate their trial based on brievement, sexuality hair colour , Gender identity , or evan cultural values and identity people are very discriminated and we are being used as labour units call us slaves for peanuts. If the 90 day trial does continue atleast raise the minimum wage to 28dollars then ill accept the 90 day trial otherwise 90 day trial is a discrimination tool only usefull for employers.

[@mathewforsyth1006]

So, when are you going to start your own business to free yourself from this and to make it better for people who feel the same way as you?

[@AnthonyFlack]

@@mathewforsyth1006 - are you going to offer up seed capital? It's great that you're so keen to invest in our local entrepreneurs.

[@mathewforsyth1006]

@@AnthonyFlack Well of course. Would you also like a helicopter to go with your lemonade stand seed capital?

[@RenaConroy-s5y]

Labour will win the next election as National for all positive promises will not happened as it's a very tough road to say and do what's right for the New Zealand people.

[@bugmouthready529]

Hahaha labour wont be in government for at least 3 cycles after all their marxist BS

[@PeteChatteris]

What are you smoking?

[@AnthonyFlack]

There's still a lot of people out there who have no idea what's going on. We have to spread the word. I don't believe the majority support what this government is doing but the reality is too many people still don't have a clue.

[@trevormcgaughran9351]

@@AnthonyFlack ..I suspect you might be one of them.

[@chrysallis317]

@@PeteChatteris Probably cigarettes. This wise new government has made them available again forever. National's new slogan should be 'Lets make smoking great again'. Or it could be vapes, as no major party has the gutts to get rid of them. Kids with popcorn lungs, sucking up who knows what, but taxes from sales are brilliant, so lets just check on that in 6 months when more kids are addicted.

[@PeteChatteris]

I abhor The Greens, TPM and Labour. However one member of the left does impress me. James Shaw is intelligent, articulate and shows class. His big problem is that he is not in one of the government parties. James could be an asset to any of the government parties. He would need to cast off his lefty thoughts and follow his environmental passion. James' Green Party is full of racist, extreme left non green thinking members.

[@RenaConroy-s5y]

Nicola Willis she will eventually crack up as Labour will show her up as she won't get it right i actually feel for her .