Andrew Dickens Afternoons

New Zealanders have always been good at looking after the little guy.We’ve prided ourselves on our charity. Remember Telethons? We’ve reached out to the dispossessed.Remember it was John Key who first offered to take Manus Island refugees off Australia’s hands, and now we have a refugee from the Papua New Guinea island here.  Berhouz Boochani is revelling in his first week of freedom in six years.At the UN we’ve stood up to the superpowers on the Security Council who use their veto powers to keep smaller nations in misery.Around the world our Prime Minister and our country are lauded for the way we reacted to a terrible atrocity against a minority.  And our Government has been studied by other countries as we introduce wellbeing into our budgetary system.We give goodwill goodwill to the downtrodden and dispossessed and the suffering. Yet we have limited compassion for our own disabled people.A new report on funding for disability support shows we give limited and rationed help to 60,000 families. It also find