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New Zealandâs richest citizen, Graeme Hart, has seen his fortune increase by NZ$3,494,333,333 since March 2020 â a sum equivalent to over half a million New Zealanders receiving a cheque for NZ$6,849 each, reveals a new analysis from Oxfam today.
The New Zealand analysis precedes a global report being published by Oxfam at 1pm NZT today, released to coincide with the opening day of the World Economic Forumâs âDavos Agendaâ. It shows how the rigged economic system is enabling a super-rich elite to amass wealth in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression while billions of people and businesses are struggling to make ends meet.
Analysis: What if it was better for the world – and even for New Zealand – if we waited at the back of the line for Covid-19 vaccines? Marc Daalder reports in the first of a two-part series on the implications of inequitable vaccine distribution Recent weeks have seen a political furore emerge over a perceived delay in receiving our vaccines. While the Government said last year that the first Covid-19 vaccines would be deployed to border-facing workers in March, that has now been bumped to April. At the same time, Australia has approved one vaccine for use and plans to begin putting needles in the arms of frontline workers by the middle of next month.