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81-year-old Green supporter frustrated with pay equity changes

An elderly Wellington voter criticises the government's pay equity policies and says New Zealand is going backwards.

Skinny McBuntu

Jon Field, an 81-year-old retired Green Party member and former general secretary, expresses frustration with recent government decisions on pay equity for women. He lists the environment, social justice, and taxation as his three biggest election concerns, and plans to vote Green in Wellington. Field describes New Zealand as going backwards fast.

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