27 Jul 2023

Te Pati Maori on 'radical' tax policy including removing GST from food

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 27 July 2023

Radical" is how the Maori Party describes its own tax policy. And the National party agrees, but for different reasons.

If in power Te Pati Maori will remove GST from all kai and make the first $30,000 of income tax free.

It will also introduce two top end tax brackets of 42 percent and 48 percent for income over 180,000 and 300,000 respectively.

And there will also be wealth and ghost house taxes.

Te Pati Maori says its tax policy is transformative and will help restore fairness and economic justice.

Ko taku manuhiri inaianei ko Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of Te Pati Maori spoke to Lisa Owen.