Cuts to funding for Pacific Peoples in the Budget will not come at the cost of "effective measures", New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti says.
Māori initiatives are again getting more than $1 billion from this year's Budget, including $188 million towards health reforms.
It comes after a record $
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