Taxing the rich to alleviate family poverty is a good idea, but now is not the time, says Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP and Labour candidate Meka Whaitiri in this Local Focus video.
"It isn't a silver bullet," she says. "You actually need a suite of policies to deal with something this nation has never ever experienced - and that is the Coronavirus/Covid-19."
Green candidate Elizabeth Kerekere says dealing with poverty is not simple.
"There is no one simple quick fix that is going to change people's lives," she says.
