Collected stories - 1 March 2023 to 31 May 2023
Stuff
The Reserve Bank will be nervous about extra fiscal stimulus in Budget, despite Treasury's soothing forecast for inflation.
Newsroom
The Finance Minister has unveiled a measured Budget as New Zealand is forecast to avoid recession - but low growth and peak unemployment expected to hang around.
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Newshub
Michael Wood concedes public transport hasn't "always been reliable in the past year" - here's his plan to try and tackle it.
1News experts give their analysis of the Budget and how it will impact New Zealand.
RNZ
Young families are the clear target of Labour's election-year Budget, but its flagship promise - cheaper childcare - won't kick in until next year.
Māori Television
By Matt Nippert, NZ Herald West Auckland social services charity Waipareira Trust has agreed to cease making political donations and try to claw back...
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says an across-the-board spend-up isn’t an option in today’s Budget. He says the challenge to deal with underlying economic pressures, including bringing inflation back within the 1 to 3 percent target range, which will have flow […]
Stuff
OPINION: For ministers, the discipline required to stay schtum is career critical. It’s a test of one’s ability to hold the line.
RNZ
Anti-poverty campaigners are hopeful of tangible support for New Zealand's vulnerable in today's so-called "no frills" Budget.
Stuff
Few members of parliament do not own property, the latest data shows, and the majority own more than one.
Newsroom
Labour's selection of a new candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is being held up as the party sorts new electoral committee members to replace Meka Whatiri’s whānau, Political editor Jo Moir reports
Newshub
It's an election year Budget so you need to please a lot of people, Jenna Lynch writes.
Newshub
"I'm interested in the results of your poll," Robertson said.
Newshub
Mahuta said her view was "country-agnostic".
RNZ
Explainer - The government has made it clear Budget 2023 will have "no frills" but what will be in it? RNZ has all you need to know ahead of Thursday's announcement.
Newsroom
The Green Party says the Loafers Lodge fire was a “preventable tragedy” and the best way to honour those killed is to finally take some action around the quality of the country’s rental stock and under-funded emergency services
Newshub
But she refuses to rule out working with the right-bloc party.
The average across latest polls points to a tie of the blocs. What would happen then?
RNZ
The government's warning about a 'no frills' Budget is tempering expectations about a big climate spend.
RNZ
National leader Christopher Luxon denies he has a "likeability" problem, after a poll showed his personal ratings on a steady decline.
Authorities said this morning that Loafers Lodge was not equipped with sprinklers.
RNZ
Chris Hipkins says New zealanders have woken up to the tragic news of the events that have been unfolding in the Wellington region as a result of a fatal fire.
Newsroom
Christopher Luxon was playing to a very particular crowd when he delivered his pre-Budget speech to the Auckland Business Chamber. To many New Zealanders it might have sounded out of touch, but to fed-up business leaders it resonated.
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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