New Zealand's opposition Labour party says housing is the biggest issue facing Pacific people in New Zealand which the government's budget failed to address.
The budget was revealed yesterday in Wellington, and Labour's spokesperson for Pacific people, Aupito Su'a William Sio, said it will increase inequality.
Aupito said that rather than tax cuts, Pacific people needed a budget that improved education, health and housing.
"The home ownership rates for Pacific are at its lowest," he said.
"The overcrowdedness that I see in my electorate and parts of South Auckland - it's just tearful."
Meanwhile, the Minister for Pacific Peoples Alfred Ngaro said the budget built on improvements to Pacifc people's health, education, employment by increasing funding to his ministry by three million dollars over four years for research and policy development.
Photo: RNZI / Johnny Blades New Zealand MPs (from left) Louisa Wall, Su'a William Sio and Carmel Sepuloni.