The Herald reports:

Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare says measures like a sugar tax should be considered to drive up the cost of junk food and drink, along with warning labels.

No sugar tax in the world has been shown to actually reduce obesity. At best they reduce demand for the products targeted by it, and people simply substitute.

The real agenda is just another tax. They had a $7.5 billion surplus last year and instead of thinking how can we reduce taxes so families have more money to make ends meet, they’re looking at how to tax us more.

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