Budget 2026: Where There’s A Willis There’s No Way
Budget 2026 will see the lowest investment in Māori in 15 years.
“The overall budget boasts a general increase in $13.4 billion and Māori took a loss of $34 million, that equates to 0.25% of the entire budget for Māori, said Te Pāti Māori Finance Spokesperson Rawiri Waititi.
“A $136 million reduction in Māori development funding”
“Māori are not mentioned once in any of the Budget press releases”.
“Nicola Willis is sacrificing the livelihoods of ordinary people to pay for war and prisons” said Te Pāti Māori Finance Spokesperson Rawiri Waititi.
“Unemployment is the highest it has been in 10 years. Māori unemployment has almost doubled under Luxon’s watch”.
“This Government has overseen eight consecutive quarters of negative GDP per capita. Household living costs have increased by 6.2%, and the number of rangatahi who aren’t in education or work is the highest it has been in 14 years”
“Behind every economic statistic is a whānau making impossible choices”
“People do not experience the economy through GDP graphs. They experience it at the supermarket checkout. At the petrol station. When the rent comes out. When the power bill arrives.
“This is not a story of the haves and have-nots anymore. This is a story of the have-nots and the have-yachts.”
“This Budget is about paving the way for the privatisation of our public assets. Luxon is deliberately setting up our public services to fail so he can sell them off in the next term.”
“The top 10% now own nearly half the wealth in Aotearoa, while the bottom 50% share just 6.7% between them. The bottom 20% of people have a negative net worth”.
“There is enough wealth in Aotearoa to ensure everyone’s needs are met and the economy thrives”.
“The solution is simple: a wealth tax. Under our policy, 98% of people in Aotearoa will pay less tax because the people who benefit the most from the economy should contribute the most. Tax should target wealth, not work”.
“Te Pāti Māori will treat our people how we do on our marae. We will welcome you, we will house you, we will feed you, we will care for you”.
Luxon is so DESPERATE he will stop at nothing to get what he personally wants. Surely he must see that no one believes he is a ‘Christian’! What an obscene pretence this has been and any genuine Christian must be cringing at his audacity. He believes, none of life’s guidelines apply to him. He’s arrogant, narcissistic and this fraudulent side show will lead to his undoing!
I’m shocked! The 2026 NZ budget will forever be known as the RACIST BUDGET! Shame on this CoC for its extreme spite, gutlessness and greed. And triple shame on “once were Maori”, Peters, Jones, Seymour [?] and Potaka. The wealthy in NZ have never paid their way, so shame on you too! Our lovely NZ has been hijacked by white extremists with plenty of money to throw around. Why do they have such a disproportion of the spoils, because they make the rules and the gap between haves and have-nots is now ENORMOUS! So Maori make sure you enroll now, vote, and our eligible to vote Indian population, do the same. Take a phone copy and regularly check your details are still there. These greedy, grasping, smug schemers are not finished with us yet!!! All genuine Kiwis should be screaming from the rooftops today!