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Lotto Winners In Social Housing

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 21 May 2026

A satirical political podcast critiques government policies on social housing, exposes inconsistencies in moral condemnation, and questions the rationale behind targeting vulnerable populations while protecting wealth-holding classes.

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Heard on radio

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  • I would like actually, why don't we not play uh Nicola Willis's comments just yet? Why don't we first have a look at what this uh government is proposing to do uh with uh oh I mean I'm gonna say the most vulnerable, some of the most vulnerable in New Zealand, people who uh require social housing to be able to survive in any kind of safe, warm, dry existence, although you know let's hope it is as safe and warm and as dry as it could. And uh the social housing uh becoming the latest target of the pre-budget cutting with the government announcing today that rents are gonna rise uh and there could be tenancy durations on tenants. Um it does feel like you know, we talked about uh Ruth Richardson in the 1990s earlier this week, and it does feel like this is the checklist for 1990s national back, and that means tomorrow what we're gonna be talking about is cash registers and AE departments, but it does feel like they are ticking all those boxes to be a vindictive, hard cold national led government on the vulnerable and poor.
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