Revealed: MFAT Giving Taxpayer Money to North Korea

11 JUNE 2017

The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal that under the current Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade has given $215,000 to North Korean aid projects, despite the despotic regime's efforts to develop delivery systems for nuclear weapons aimed at some of our closest allies.

The information, obtained under the Official Information Act, has been uploaded to www.taxpayers.org.nz/north_korean_aid

Commenting on the document, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, says: "While North Korea wants to wipe Western nations off the face of the Earth, our Government has been diverting taxpayer money to business schemes owned and managed by the regime. It is inexcusable."

"The Government can say all it likes to justify this spending, but the fact funding to North Korea stopped when the Taxpayers' Union started asking questions on the issue, shows how indefensible it really is."

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