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![Richard Prebble: A black cloud in the blue sky Budget](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Richard Prebble: A black cloud in the blue sky Budget
The Government has broken every one of its promises to be fiscally prudent.
![Scott Base makeover: PM gets sneak peek; vows to visit frozen continent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Scott Base makeover: PM gets sneak peek; vows to visit frozen continent
Ardern praises scientific work and reveals she is a Shackleton fan.
![Xero, Facebook among firms roped into Digital Boost training programme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Xero, Facebook among firms roped into Digital Boost training programme
Public-private scheme gets more funding - but industry wants big-bang moves.
![Air ambulance funding sees faster response times](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Air ambulance funding sees faster response times
System now centrally co-ordinated with better helicopters and improved clinical crewing.
![Shane Te Pou: Grant Robertson breathed life back into Budget day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Shane Te Pou: Grant Robertson breathed life back into Budget day
Robertson deserves praise for mapping out a clear and optimistic path in his finance plan.
![Watch: Cochlear implants help 50yo man hear again - 'All my emotion just poured out'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: Cochlear implants help 50yo man hear again - 'All my emotion just poured out'
The Government has just revealed $28m of new funding towards adult cochlear implants.
![Liam Dann: Are we about to enjoy an encore of the rock-star economy?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Liam Dann: Are we about to enjoy an encore of the rock-star economy?
Treasury's economic forecasts look rosy, but they include three very bold assumptions.
![Kerre McIvor: A Budget for the faithful, but who will pay?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kerre McIvor: A Budget for the faithful, but who will pay?
This week's budget was Labour's and Labour's alone
![Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour's Budget 'timid and cautious'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour's Budget 'timid and cautious'
OPINION: The Australian Budget is "ambitious and bold" by comparison.
![Steven Joyce: The magical assumptions around house prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Steven Joyce: The magical assumptions around house prices
It's hard not to be popular when you are throwing around the money that Labour is.
![John Roughan: Why it's hard to give the Budget much credence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
John Roughan: Why it's hard to give the Budget much credence
OPINION: Gulf between word and deed in Government has probably never been greater.
![Sir Michael Cullen: Wellbeing at the core of balanced Budget](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sir Michael Cullen: Wellbeing at the core of balanced Budget
Grant Robertson's Budget balances present and future needs.
![Focus: PM Ardern gives her take on Budget 2021](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: PM Ardern gives her take on Budget 2021
PM Jacinda Ardern reveals her proudest moment of Budget 2021 and hits back at the critics. Video / Mark Mitchell
!['Very special project': Kiwi firm confirmed for $344 million Scott Base job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Very special project': Kiwi firm confirmed for $344 million Scott Base job
What it feels like to win a huge Antarctic contract: Leighs tells all.
![What chance of 'significant' border opening by January 1?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What chance of 'significant' border opening by January 1?
Tourism sector desperate to open border in Jan as hinted in Budget, but staff woes remain.
![Beehive Diaries: 'Learnings' and other banned words of the Budget](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Beehive Diaries: 'Learnings' and other banned words of the Budget
The Beehive Diaries' Budget week edition - and what we "learnt".
![Women left behind in Budget 2021](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Women left behind in Budget 2021
OPINION: The lack of a gender lens makes New Zealand a laggard compared to Australia.
![Australia v NZ: You can tell a lot about a country by the way it budgets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Australia v NZ: You can tell a lot about a country by the way it budgets
THE CONVERSATION: Earlier this year, Oz treasurer scoffed at idea of a wellbeing budget.
![Māori housing Budget boost 'will make a difference'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Māori housing Budget boost 'will make a difference'
For some whānau, living in cow sheds and tents on the beach has become "the new norm".
![Ardern hits back at claims Budget not for jobs, middle New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ardern hits back at claims Budget not for jobs, middle New Zealand
"People from all walks of life often raise with me the issue of poverty," Ardern says.
![Matthew Hooton: Unpicking the Budget - the one issue that may derail Ardern](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Matthew Hooton: Unpicking the Budget - the one issue that may derail Ardern
Cash handouts save ministers the problem of implementing new policies