Kai credit for people earning $60,000 or less
What it actually does
Te Pāti Māori replaced its earlier pledge to remove GST from fresh food with a targeted 'kai credit' for people earning $60,000 or less, described as worth up to eight weeks of food a year and reaching about 3 million people. Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer put it at around $1,000 per eligible person.
Source: The Spinoff · 2026-08
The Trump take
“Free grocery money for three million people? Groceries are very expensive, I said that, nobody said it better. But you fix it with drilling and deals, not handouts.”parody
Why it scored this way
Welfare
A new income-tested payment with no work requirement
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