Boult defends taxpayer subsidies for tourism ventures
Jim Boult says taxpayer grants are like funding for infrastructure.
Chris Hutching Fri, 22 May 2015
Tourism Growth Partnership Fund chairman Jim Boult is defending the use of taxpayer money for tourism projects.
He was countering outrage from the Taxpayers' Union ginger group this week over $350,000 of taxpayers’ money being given to Pukeroa Lakefront Holdings, a commercial arm of Ngati Whakaue,
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