Street View: What should the Government spend money on in this year's Budget?

The spotlight is on government spending

Grace Westmacott

Hospital and the emergency department. Sometimes it takes three hours up there waiting. They could do with more doctors.

GRACE WESTMACOTT, 57
Mamaku

Tara Balck

Health and education. Waiting lists are too long for district health boards and education doesn't have enough funding for teachers and education needs in general.

TARA BALCK, 44
Baxendale

Jim McGregor

Extra flu and cold medications that are Government-funded.

JIM MCGREGOR, 59
Kawaha Point

Arama Hill

More food, more variety. Sometimes when I'm at Pak'nSave there is not much there. More gardens and stuff, more seeds, more meat.

ARAMA HILL, 19
Fordlands

Russell Potts

Reinvest the $140 million they have taken from mental health back into mental health. Generally funding for the mental health sector has been slashed.

RUSSELL POTTS, 50s
Owhata