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Associate Minister of Finance's comment on public finances

Andrew Riddell made this Official Information request to David Seymour

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From: Andrew Riddell

Dear David Seymour,

Radio New Zealand, in an article on the Cook Strait ferries quoted you as follows

"The government is broke too, I'm afraid to say, and every time we spend a dollar on a ferry we can't spend it on a classroom or a hospital."

What expert or technical advice or briefings have you received that supports this statement.

Did that advice include informing you that New Zealand is a sovereign currency issuing country?

Ngā mihi

Andrew Riddell

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Dear Andrew

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

Radio New Zealand, in an article on the Cook Strait ferries quoted you as
follows

"The government is broke too, I'm afraid to say, and every time we spend a
dollar on a ferry we can't spend it on a classroom or a hospital."

What expert or technical advice or briefings have you received that
supports this statement.

Did that advice include informing you that New Zealand is a sovereign
currency issuing country?

 

We received your request on Tuesday 24 September 2024. We will endeavour
to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later
than Tuesday 22 October 2024, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

 

Kind regards, Annette

 

Annette Gratkowski | Private Secretary Executive
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