The ACT Party wants taxpayers to have a say after the Government are investing 100-million dollars to support Maori landowners
The ACT Party wants taxpayers to have a say after the Government are investing 100-million dollars to support Maori landowners
3 February 2019
The Provincial Growth Fund money has been announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones.
ACT leader David Seymour says Shane Jones is risking taxpayer money.
He says the best use of capital is to let the people who earn the money decide where to spend it.
Research released in 2013 found 80 percent of Maori freehold land was either underutilised, or unproductive.
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