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Budget: Funding welcomed, but Māori business miss out
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English - May 14, 2020 06:32 - 3 minutes - 3.49 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The government will spend $900 million on initiatives to support Māori to deal with the fall-out of Covid-19.
The package includes $400 million on Māori education, a $137 million boost to Whānau Ora, and $200 million on a Māori Employment Package targeted at the regions.
But Dr Matt Roskruge, a Māori senior lecturer in economics and finance, told RNZ Māori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan, that he expected more for Māori businesses.