Budget 2025
What's in the Budget for agriculture?
'When our rural communities do well, the whole country benefits.'
‘Didn’t bother to show up’: Te Pāti Māori co-leaders miss key Budget debate
Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were absent from the debate yesterday.
Budget Q&A: Audrey Young, Liam Dann and Jenée Tibshraeny answer your questions
Our business and politics experts tackle your burning Budget questions.
Budget 2025: Watch - Finance Minister speaks on Budget, flagship policy
Nicola Willis speaks after a challenging and controversial Budget.
'Going to be a lot harder': Best Start payment shifts spark concern among new parents
The Best Start payment will now be means-tested for all three years.
KiwiSaver changes 'a burden' for small businesses and self-employed
Wonky Box's Angus Simms says KiwiSaver changes will affect cashflow.
2025 Budget delivered with reactions coming in thick and fast | NZ Herald News Update
Nicola Willis has delivered her 2025 Budget, which includes changes to KiwiSaver contributions and a new investment boost scheme. Video / NZ Herald
NZ Herald Live: Nicola Willis post-Budget event
Nicola Willis' post-Budget event in Wellington.
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NZ Herald Live: PM Christopher Luxon speaks to the media
NZ Herald Live: PM Christopher Luxon speaks to the media
Chris Luxon in studio with Newstalk ZB's Kerre Woodham
The Prime Minister is in studio the day after Budget 2025 taking listeners' question with Newstalk ZB's Kerre Woodham. Video / NewstalkZB
Erica Stanford teacher workforce announcement
Erica Stanford makes teacher workforce announcement at Mt Albert Grammar. Video / Alyse Wright
More Budget 2025
Education’s $2.5b Budget boost: Where the money is going
Education got a $2.5 billion boost in Budget 2025.
Egregious or reasonable? Economists split over student loan repayment threshold freeze
The Government is not inflation-adjusting student loan repayments.
Market close: NZ sharemarket down as My Food Bag sees green shoots
The NZ sharemarket fell slightly with no apparent impact from Budget announcements.
Liam Dann: Upbeat Treasury forecasts GDP growth, rising house prices
Opinion: Treasury's Budget forecasts paint an optimistic picture – but are they too rosy?
What's in the Budget for you - student loan borrowers pay more; Best Start payments cut
Follow live updates on the Government's Budget 2025 announcements here.
Budget: Hawke's Bay and Gisborne get $219m to fix Cyclone Gabrielle-hit roads
The Government has announced a $219 million boost for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery.
PM says Budget ‘backs growth’, Labour claims KiwiSaver cuts make workers up to $66k worse off
'National backs growth and I’m telling you, Labour wants to tax it,' the PM said today.
Govt boosts spending on private schools to support ‘diversity, choice’
It is the first increase in private school funding in 15 years, David Seymour said.