Meet the future NZ First Minister of Finance

NZ First's Clayton Mitchell stated:

A predator-free by 2050 is likely to cost trillions, not millions as the government claims, says New Zealand First.

government's promise to make New Zealand predator-free for the bargain price of $28 million is nothing but greenwashing,” says Conservation Spokesperson Clayton Mitchell.

, a predator free plant and sanctuary in Wellington, cost $17 million to set up with an operating cost of $867,000.

“Using these figures as a yardstick, the cost of keeping the entire country predator free and maintaining it would see a capital expenditure cost of $1.67 trillion and an operating cost of $91 billion per annum – as New Zealand is 98,000 times larger than Zealandia.

“The operating cost alone would be 40% of New Zealand's .

This may be the stupidest release put out by NZ First since they complained about the Reserve Bank being owned by foreigners.

They really are the Donald Trump party. Their level of has hit a new low.

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