NZ Herald
Social Development Minister Louise Upston says she is yet to determine what circumstances might allow an 18- or 19-year-old to receive an unemployment...
Newsroom
The Government says a "small number" of "complex" claims are still being worked through following 2017 outbreak of infectious cattle disease.
RNZ
Every politician, economist and their dog had their own nickname for the document dubbed the 'Growth Budget' by the government.
Newsroom
Tower buildings; gas rigs; irrigation dams – by the Govt's own admission, this is Muldoon's Think Big reinvented
The Government is setting out its spending plans for the next 12 months.
RNZ
From changes to KiwiSaver and benefits to a business tax break and savings from pay equity changes, here's the key parts of Budget 2025.
The Conversation
As expected, Budget 2025 held few surprises, with spending aimed at promoting future growth rather than fixing more immediate problems.
NZ Herald
“Show me the money,” Finance Minister Nicola Willis thundered at the Labour benches in her last big Parliament speech before Budget Day 2025. She was not...
NZ Herald
Finance Minister Nicola is visiting an engineering firm in Wellington’s Hutt Valley this morning, speaking about her Budget’s flagship policy: a tax change...
RNZ
Organisations say they're seeing increasing need, and clients facing longer-term effects of hunger and malnutrition.
the Guardian
In an interview with the Guardian, Winston Peters says the world faces the 'most uncertain time' in 80 years ahead of talks with Australia's foreign minister
RNZ
Labour says the government's decision to dump plans for a digital services tax is a tax break for tech giants like Facebook and Google.
www.stuff.co.nz
The ACT party asked for advice on the full range of possible punishments for Te Pāti Māori MPs following last year's Treaty Principles haka - including imprisonment.
NZ Herald
Deputy Prime Minister was asked to leave the chamber by Speaker Gerry Brownlee after he asked a question deemed not to be in order.
RNZ
Labour has requested an inquiry by the Auditor General into the school lunch programme to go even further.
Two law experts appeared on TVNZ's Marae criticising the Regulatory Standards Bill.
NZ Herald
The Government is seeking to attract more foreign investment by removing tax roadblocks, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced. Speaking at a...
Five new 24-hour urgent care services, new and extended daytime services, and rural and remote services for more than 70 locations are to be delivered over the next four years.
RNZ
The Auditor-General said funding and contract changes at the agency last year lacked clear understanding of how changes would affect at-risk children and families.
The Green co-leader is adament her party's alternative Budget is "realistic" as she's pressed over the details of the sweeping proposals.
RNZ
The Public Service Minister claims questions she removed about religion, te reo Māori and rainbow identities because they infringed on people's privacy.
Chris Hipkins said it was now serving as a "distraction" from the Government's pay equity changes, which he wanted the focus to be on.
Newsroom
A controversial law proposal, described by critics as a ‘backdoor rewrite’ of the constitution, faces some pushback from coalition partner Winston Peters. Sam Sachdeva reports.
RNZ
The chair of Parliament's Privileges Committee says the suspension of three MPs was not taken lightly.
RNZ
It's thought to be the first time the word has been recorded in the debating chamber.
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