READER REPORT: Why NZ should spend $17m helping Syrian refugees DOUG WINGATEThe Government has announced a $17 million package to help Syrian refugees coming to New Zealand. Maybe, maybe not, maybe a bit of both. How do you reconcile 'we can't afford to help the poor' with 'we can afford to help refugees?' A Jordanian soldier carries a Syrian refugee child after the child's family crossed into Jordanian territory. (REUTERS)Obviously, what the Government wants to say - but isn't supposed to say, is that New Zealand's poor don't have it that bad - certainly not as bad as Syrian refugees.

Source: Stuff August 09, 2016 22:18 UTC