A Labour spokesperson challenges Health Minister Simeon Brown's claim of $16.68 billion in health funding over three years, stating it is incorrect and highlights ongoing underfunding, rising costs, and deteriorating access to care as a result.
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That's right. And remember when John Key came in, he was lucky because he had the China free trade agreement and that was a great boon for New Zealand, but he also had the Asian financial crisis to deal with, or the global financial crisis, sorry, and that was big, you know, it was a big thing to deal with, but fortunately we had a very good trade deal backing his prime ministership and then, you know. With Clark, it was just obvious that there had to be a change running against Jenny Shipley. I mean, she was a shoo-in. So, you know, the way politics goes to me over the years has been fascinating and I've enjoyed the personalities probably more than the policies because, you know, the personalities grow on me and I thought when I started in politics, I thought... I'll be there a couple of years like you do when you're young, so that'll be it, and it just grows on you. It's interesting and the travel I liked a lot, so I was travelling for 40 years around the world with Prime Ministers, so it's not a bad job.
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