Collected stories - 1 March 2023 to 31 May 2023
Newshub
That's despite ASB on Friday saying fiscal spending is "keeping the heat" in the economy.
Newsroom
In the Budget James Shaw was the only minister to link how a sustainable, climate-compatible economy generates wealth in all its forms. Every minister should have made variations on that theme
Newsroom
It looks as though the Green Party is at last being anointed as Labour’s preferred partner, but it will need a strong showing from the Greens to have any chance of leading the next government
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The Budget was good on retail politics, but if it is seen to boost interest rates it could turn out to be a colossal blunder.
Newshub
Removing the $5 prescription fee was part of Budget 2023.
Māori Television
The government has accepted a Waitangi Tribunal report that found it breached it's Treaty obligations in dealing with Māori homelessness. Housing Minister...
Newsroom
Chris Hipkins' first Budget as Prime Minister was deliberately unambitious compared to those under Jacinda Ardern - but a shared appreciation for universalism has put National in an awkward spot.
RNZ
The government has delivered its 'no frills' Budget - here's what some of those in Parliament have to say about it the day after.
Māori Television
12:45pm, Friday 19 May 2023. By Contributor Facebook Twitter Email Link Share URL Copy URL
Newshub
The Māori Development Minister says the Māori caucus were "all satisfied" with the $825 million 'Māori Budget'.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: A bigger spending budget than expected, this one has the fingerprints of Chris Hipkins all over it.
NZ Herald
There were widespread calls for austerity, but the Govt didn't go as far as many expected.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
$200 million allocated to Māori Housing
Labour better hope a large chunk of New Zealand forgets about Budget Day by Election Day, writes 1News digital political reporter Felix Desmarais.
Newshub
"Amazing, wonderful initiative."
Stuff
The Government is dropping the fee people pay when picking up their medicine at the pharmacy. National has promised to bring it back.
RNZ
National and ACT are warning of massive overspending by the government, while the Greens and Te Pāti Māori are saying more spending was needed.
Follow live as reaction flows to Grant Robertson's financial plans for the year ahead.
Newshub
This isn't designed to be an election-winning Budget, writes Jenna Lynch.
Māori Television
6:31pm, Thursday 18 May 2023. By Deborah LaHatte Facebook Twitter Email Link Share URL Copy URL
NZ Herald
Removing the $5 prescription fee was applauded by doctors and advocates.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has tagged a total of $825 million for Māori in this year’s Budget. The big ticket items are $225 million for Māori education, $200 million for housing, $132 million for hauora and $168 million for Whānau […]
RNZ
Analysis - After a 2022 Budget that played to Labour's base, this year's effort was essentially an inflation-driven budget that many more right-leaning parties would have been happy to deliver, Tim Watkin writes.
Jessica Mutch McKay says middle income NZers may not see much for them in Robertson's sixth Budget.
One leader says it's "fiscal incontinence on a previously unimaginable scale".
Your voice is important and you can help shape the outcome for all New Zealanders by putting your views before Parliament. Be sure to have your say so Parliament is better informed.
RNZ
Parliament changed a long-standing rule this week and will now leave the counting of votes to the experts. It turns out MPs just aren’t that good at counting.
The Conversation
As she prepares to deliver of her valedictory statement to parliament, Jacinda Ardern will be remembered as an outstanding prime minister – though perhaps not for reasons of her own choosing.
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