Experts and commentators rate Budget 2022
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The two Budget issues causing trouble for Auckland Council
Service cuts and deferring capital projects are on the cards at Auckland Transport.
John Tamihere: Hats off to Andrew Little for giving Māori a fair go
You can't fix decades of under-resourcing in one Budget but you can start to invest.
Treasury warned against $350 cost of living payment
The department says the measure will 'add to inflationary pressures in the short term'.
Live: Robertson's inflation warning; critics target $27pw cost of living payment
The cost-of-living payment has been criticised for not going far enough.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 20 May, 2022
Aftermath of the Budget continues, house sales slow and parts of the country brace for snowfall in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Budget 2022: Banks yet to get on board with Govt's Business Growth Fund
Details are thin on which banks would support it and how much they would put up.
Budget 2022: Cost of living measures 'takes hard edges off' inflation, Govt says
New measures would 'take the hard edges off' rising inflation, the Finance Minister said.
Audrey Young: A lot of money doesn't go far in current crisis
OPINION: Kiwis have not yet been weaned off the Government's Covid teat.
Shane Te Pou: Labour's cost-of-living payment blows National out of the water
OPINION: Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis looked stunned.
Good start but more needed: Northland's take on Budget climate change measures
$2.9b has been set aside from the Emissions Trading Scheme to fight climate change.
Trades training receives $230m boost in Budget 2022
The investment will provide support for another 24,000 apprentices.
Tai Tokerau Principals' Association president pleased with Budget 2022
$3b is targeting some of the right areas, according to Pat Newman.
Simon Wilson: Can we stop talking about the 'squeezed middle' now?
The Budget gets quite a lot right, but that doesn't make it great.
Is the $27 cost-of-living payment enough to make Budget day cheese rolls?
With 16 on Robertson's platter and two on Ardern's plate, that's a doubled recipe.
Focus: What the budget means for education and welfare
Business Editor-at-Large Liam Dann talks to journalists Isaac Davison and Dubby Henry about the budget's effects on welfare and the education system. Video / NZ Herald
Focus: Budget 2022's effects on the health system
Business Editor-at-Large Liam Dann talks to Dr. Tim Tenbensel from the University of Auckland about how this budget relates to the health sector. Video / NZ Herald
Budget 2022: Treasury warns tax increases needed to fund spending
Treasury has warned that inflation will hit the Government's finances.
Budget 2022: Brian Fallow - Robertson takes foot off accelerator
Government spending will grow more slowly than the economy which has to support it.
Budget 2022: Money for new Auckland port study gets mixed reviews
Costly port studies are at 20-plus and counting.
Budget 2022: Property hits and misses
Scrapping loan restrictions will help more first home buyers.
Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up
Big jump in some price caps for aspiring first home owners - but prices vary nationwide.
Budget experts deliver their verdicts: Missed opportunities and no plan for growth
We asked political insiders from across the spectrum to give us their take.
Market close: NZ shares show resilience as Wall Street tumbles
The NZ sharemarket closed lower but was boosted in the afternoon after the Budget.
'For some of us it is a life-and-death decision': Pharmac boost not enough, patients say
Ill patients say lack of Budget funding for new drugs means some of them will die sooner.
'Lolly scramble': Scrutiny needed over $100m SME fund, says expert
Business Growth Fund to help SMEs access capital.
Budget 2022: Move to stop supermarkets blocking rival stores hailed
The new law could help parties challenge the Countdown/Foodstuffs duopoly.
Budget 2022: NZ Treasury forecasts prompt lift in wholesale interest rates
The Treasury's inflation forecasts have helped drive wholesale interest rates higher.
Pacific Budget package prioritises homes, health and Dawn Raids history
The Pacific Budget package will prioritise homes, health and the Dawn Raids history.
'Still a lot to be done' - Muted industry reaction to tech policy in Budget 2022
New rural broadband spending 'not enough' to fix problems.
Spies, cyberattack initiatives get more money in Budget 2022
Counter-terrorism and cyberwar protection get millions in today's Budget.
Budget 2022: Wall Street Journal breaches 2pm embargo
Budget provided to journalists and analysts hours before publication.
Budget 22: $40m RNA spend may help NZ in future pandemics
Govt pumps $40m into RNA research in otherwise 'uneventful' Budget for science.
Govt confident 'record' health spend will address inequities
Te Pāti Māori has slammed the funding, which makes up just 2 per cent of health spending.