Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister on pay for nurses, issues with school lunches

The Prime Minister is defending how much nurses in New Zealand are being paid.  

Yesterday the Government announced multiple incentives to improve access to primary care, including a cash injection of $285 million over three years.  

Christopher Luxon says any narrative about health services being cut is completely untrue.  

He told Mike Hosking the Government's making good progress on recruitment, just not getting the results patients need.  

Luxon says the remuneration of nurses has increased to $127 thousand dollars, including allowances and overtime.   

He also says that those unhappy with his Government's refreshed school lunches should go make a marmite sandwich. 

A number of schools have complained about late deliveries and sub-standard offerings under the new cut-price regime. 

Luxon's acknowledged some delivery timeframes and meals haven't been up to scratch, but says some people will never be pleased. 

He told Hosking parents should be the ones feeding their kids. 

Luxon says he'd rather the state didn't have to provide lunches, but he's not willing to let children go hungry. 

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