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The Prime Minister says the fast uptake of EVs could affect petrol tax revenue.
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The drop-in centre serves 200 food parcels a day with no red-tape.
Adrian Orr appears before MPs: ‘It will feel painful for people’
No pain, no gain: MPs get a chance to grill Reserve Bank boss over rates hike.
Adrian Orr: Govt ‘more of a friend than foe’ in attempts to cool inflation
Reserve Bank downplays impact of government spending plans on inflation.
Govt’s 20 hours-free childcare expansion could force closures - sector leaders
Leaders have written to ministers, requesting an urgent meeting.
Peak OCR? Reserve Bank shocks market by saying it’s done enough
The Reserve Bank releases its full Monetary Policy Statement.
Calls for National to front up with costings for tax cuts, estimated to be $8.2b
An economist warns the cuts will not be affordable without major public service cuts.
Some prescriptions will still attract $15 fee, despite Budget policy to abolish $5 charges
The Government has abolished most charges, but some remain.
'Huge help': Bay pharmacists praise decision to abolish $5 prescription fee
The decision, announced as part of Budget 2023, will cost the Government $619m.
Premium Debate: Why Labour’s Budget might be the most radical in 30 years
Subscribers have their say.
Editorial: Is easy dose it the best medicine?
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Inflation takes away gains from Labour’s Working for Families package
Inflation is eating away at people's benefits.
'On a knife-edge': Interest rate to rise, with prospect of more to come
The Budget was the "straw that broke the camel's back" for some economists.
Sasha Borissenko: Budget 2023 falls painfully short of the Plain Language Act
What exactly does some of the language in the Budget mean?
Liam Dann: Why Labour’s Budget might be the most radical in 30 years
Labour has rejected the orthodox economic prescription, gently but very clearly.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: I’ve struck the Budget jackpot - but hardly anyone else did
We are among the very first families to qualify for the 20 hours' free early childcare.
Steven Joyce: Budget - is that all there is?
Lack of ideas shows Govt is scraping bottom of the barrel.
Giving with one hand, taking with the other: Auckland mortage payments could jump $1500 a year after Budget
Economists and mortgage brokers say interest rates could jump after Budget.
Claire Trevett: Nats' penny-pinching reaction to Budget puts heat on Luxon over tax cuts
National's Budget response feeds right into PM Chris Hipkins 'coalition of cuts' line.
‘Be a good daughter’: Judith Collins' dig at Labour MP over $5 prescription fees
The policy sees patients no longer having to face a $5 top-up fee for funded prescriptions
Uncertainty around immigration looms large
Big questions remain over the impact immigration will have on the economy.
Opinion: NZ’s Budget used a ‘gender lens’
Budget 2023 included a gender budgeting 'snapshot' - and was the first to do so.
'A welcome change': Mum hails Budget's early childhood funding boost
Working parents are welcoming the early childcare budget boost.
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'This is my 37th Budget. I think I can be objective about Budgets'
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Labour’s Māori caucus 'all satisfied' with the $825 million ‘Māori Budget’
Minister Willie Jackson defends drop in funding - these are 'very, very tough times'.
Jarden Brief: Netflix surges after revealing ad-supported tier
Millions of Netflix fans opting for cheaper option, despite ads.
‘There will be higher interest rates’: Luxon calls Robertson’s Budget ‘reckless’
The Finance Minister has made a big bet on inflation coming down.
'They've made a choice’: Why Grant Robertson shunned austerity in Budget
There were widespread calls for austerity, but the Govt didn't go as far as many expected.
Can the Govt deliver on its infrastructure investment plans?
Hipkins is confident capacity will be created in the economy to get infrastructure built.
Claire Trevett: Not an election-winning Budget, but not a loser either
OPINION: The Budget won’t win Labour the election. It wasn’t designed to.