"NZ does not have a growing income inequality problem. We have a housing affordability problem. That’s the public policy problem our politicians should be trying to solve."

"New Zealand does not have a growing income inequality problem. We have a housing affordability problem. That’s the public policy problem our politicians should be trying to solve. ... 

"The Kiwi households most affected by the high cost of housing are those with the lowest incomes. And low incomes are associated with low levels of education.
    "Unfortunately, levels of educational attainment by Kiwi school leavers are in long-term decline. At the same time, educational outcomes in New Zealand are among the most unequal in the world. Solve these problems and we will lift the incomes of the least well-off, insulating them from the effects of higher housing costs.
    "Addressing the twin problems of housing affordability and educational attainment is critical to solving the country’s poverty problem. Not a mistaken obsession about increasing inequality."

~ Roger Partridge, from his op-ed 'Why the Inequality and Tax Debate is All Wrong'