I think Chis Luxon has made the same mistake with his bizarre attack last week towards young people on welfare. As New Zealand struggles to regain its footing from the economic fallout caused by Covid, National have chosen this moment to threaten young people on welfare with sanctions and cutting their benefits. Many of these young people on welfare are sick, ill or disabled. Mana in Mahi has seen 5000 young people go through its programme and to date 90% have not gone back on welfare! We want to support young people into work that works for them, we don’t want to threaten people into jobs that won’t work for them.

Source: Stuff August 16, 2022 02:42 UTC