3 Jun 2020

Coronavirus: $15m spent on emergency welfare help

From Morning Report, 7:48 am on 3 June 2020

More than half of a $30 million emergency welfare fund has been spent in just over a month, and many of those in need are foreigners and migrant workers who can't get home.

With the borders still closed and unemployment skyrocketing, the government is now looking at more support - and at the rate the money is already being soaked up the extra help will be needed in just a matter of weeks.

RNZ political reporter Jo Moir has this story.