The Labour Party will inject an additional $8 billion into health if it's elected into Government in September, Wairarapa candidate Kieran McAnulty revealed in Dannevirke on Wednesday night.
Speaking at a Chamber of Commerce meeting, Mr McAnulty said if the MidCentral District Health Board had been funded appropriately, services such as our cancer nurse would not have been cut.
"There's been a $2.7b underfunding of health nationally in the last nine years of National," Mr McAnulty said.
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"Government has a role in helping district councils such as Tararua, which has a reducing and ageing population and a lower ratepayer base. If we want to ensure rural communities are sustainable, we need to attract businesses to Dannevirke. But how do we do that without access to services?"