Labour leader Chris Hipkins signals a renewed commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi through policy reinstatement, particularly in education and public services, amid public scrutiny over Māori investment and equity in the upcoming Budget.
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That's why she's got to deliver a really tough budget, I think, tomorrow. I mean, this is an election year. The temptation just a few months out from an election must be great uh to give away a bit. But I think you'll see in the old traditional areas like education, uh, there'll be something in it uh there, although there's been so much for education that people it'll be probably lost in what has already been announced. And um, I think uh health will be the other area, but uh nothing that interesting, I wouldn't imagine.
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