Green Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson. Photo: RNZGreen Party co-leader Marama Davidson has made the party's first major election announcement,revealing plans to tackle poverty. Davidson said today the Green Party's Poverty Action plan would "replace our outdated, unfair and unliveable welfare system with real, unconditional support for us all". The Poverty Action Plan would also increase the Best Start payment to $100 a week for each child under three years old. In regards to funding the Poverty Action Plan, Davidson said those with a lot of wealth would "pay it forward".

Source: Otago Daily Times June 28, 2020 03:00 UTC