Which means I'm not Metiria Turei. Not in the way countless New Zealanders who have responded to the Green Party co-leader's confession she didn't tell Winz about her flatmates when she was a student single mum, are. WINZ told me 'I understand, but no'. I'm not Metiria Turei because I've not experienced the deprivations she has. Whatever happens in September, we need to be kinder, more genuinely caring, towards the most vulnerable in our society.

Source: Stuff July 28, 2017 05:26 UTC