Kate Hawkesby: I can't help but feel government will miss the mark in today's Budget

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · May 18, 2022 · 3m

Today’s the big day and I can’t help feeling the Government is going to miss the mark here given their obsessive focus on climate change and Māori health.

Add to that their inability to listen, or tune into where the real world is at, and you’ve got a cocktail for disappointment for the average New Zealander. But then again, it feels like the average New Zealander is not in their sights at all, in general. The ‘squeezed middle’ as the opposition calls them, are used to being ignored by this government by now.

But none of that excuses what will likely happen today. Which will be billions…