#BHN Pre-budget speech predicts gloom | Woke school lunches to go | Treaty Referendum Update

Associate education minister David Seymour has announced the government has found about $107 million a year in savings in the current Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme, some of which will be used to provide free morning tea and lunches to pre-schoolers. Finance Minister Nicola Willis has done a conservative lift of the lid on her 30 May Budget at a speech to the Hutt Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, giving a glimpse of what to expect. The controversial Treaty Principles Bill is now at the centre of an urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal. The ACT Party policy proposes a new definition for the Treaty of Waitangi and there has been heated backlash. Look to open Discord tonight as well ====================================== Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ