- National MP for Bay of Plenty Todd Muller, said to live like a first world economy the country needs to earn like a first world economy. "This Budget delivers on this vision. Our economy is growing close to 3 per cent, one of the best in the world.
"We have created 200,000 extra jobs over the last three years, with a further 170,000 new jobs by 2020 with unemployment dropping to 4.6 per cent.
"We have increasing surpluses into the future that allows us to repay debt and spend well in areas that matter for us here in the Bay. $2.2 billion for our health sector over the next four years including more money for elective surgery and a rollout of national bowel screening programme that will cover 700,000 Kiwis saving hundreds of lives a year. I'm confident the Bay will receive some of $833m for new schools and buildings to support our growing population.
"A huge $761.4 million [will be] invested over the next four years in science, skills, tertiary education and regional development initiatives to further fire up our Bay businesses."
- NZ First MP Clayton Mitchell said like so many Kiwis he waited with "bated anticipation" to see what the Government was going to announce for this year's Budget.