Calls for review into Govt’s Gumboot Friday funding after Mike King controversy | Stuff.co.nz

There are calls for the Government to urgently review its $24 million funding for Gumboot Friday after Mike King said alcohol was a solution for people with mental health problems.
It comes as other community mental health providers cry out for more funding after their Government contracts with agencies like Oranga Tamariki were cut. Senior Political Correspondent Jenna Lynch has the story. | Subscribe: bit.ly/2JPg8oB
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