Green MP says she shouldn’t save for a deposit on MPs salary

The Herald reports:

Green Party co-

Paid $214,000 for a three-bedroom wooden villa in 's North East Valley in 2007.

She and her family Auckland in 2002, partly because of the cost of on an MP's salary.

She says there were good homes available in Dunedin for $140,000 to $180,000 when she was house .

But her bank wouldn't lend her less than $200,000 as she had no deposit and had to take out a 100 per cent mortgage.

You're an MP on around $130,000 a year, and you claim you couldn't save for a deposit.

Wait until they're in Government and running the !

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