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The Government has just announced its new Budget — but what does it actually mean for you?
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Budget 2021: $344m for Antarctica's Scott Base redevelopment
$300m has been announced to accelerate investment in low-carbon technology.
Audrey Young: If not now, then when for beneficiaries?
OPINION: After spending $57b on the Covid fund, the time was right to lift benefits.
Pasifika culture protected in $108m Budget package
The Pacific Peoples minister is hailing the package as a significant investment.
Watch: Phil Goff lays down his view on Ports of Auckland's future
'It's just not true to say ships can't enter the Manukau' - Phil Goff.
$10b+ to move Ports of Auckland better spent elsewhere: Phil Goff
Auckland Mayor says it's not a question of if the Ports should be moved, but where.
Govt announces $67m for low-emissions cars, coal burner replacements
Climate Change Minister James Shaw made the pre-Budget announcement to lower emissions.
Liam Dann: Why Robertson won't match big-spending Aussies
Finance Minister needs to be prepared for backlash as he sticks to middle path on Budget.
Budget 2021: Labour hints at more help for Māori to achieve homeownership
New financial assistance package to be unveiled next week.
We pay 'far too much for building supplies': Robertson pledges probe
Today's comments follow Labour's pledge last year to probe the sector.
Ardern says pay freeze chance to address pay equity
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has responded to backlash over the public sector pay freeze.
Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour
OPINION: Is Labour supposed to be the party of labour or of capital?
Watch: Parisian engineer only woman on Auckland's new tunnel boring machine
Tunnel borer machine will have a woman at the helm as it heads towards Mt Eden.
Claire Trevett: Labour serves itself a steaming pay freeze mess
Government has quickly lost the battle over the "pay freeze" for public sector workers.
Biggest supplier of Govt emergency housing goes into liquidation
Silverfern Property Services received $14.7 million from the Government.
Union bosses to Govt: We won't take public pay freeze 'lying down'
The PSA has written a letter to the Govt and will be meeting the PM about the issues.
Milestone day: Tunnel boring machine launched for $4.4b City Rail Link
And cut! German-designed Chinese-built monster starts mid-May.
Creditor action pushes classroom, state house builder into administration
The business has built 88 education buildings, 50 homes and 348 modules.
MIQ hotels only two-thirds full after 'lull in arrivals' from transtasman bubble
NZ taxpayers have forked out more than $300 million for MIQ since September 2020.
Multimillion-dollar Ōpōtiki harbour project under way
More than 1225 direct jobs will be created in the Ōpōtiki district from PDU investment.
'It's about prioritising life': Pharmac wish list needs extra $400m
The number and cost of desired extra medicines has been released for the first time.
Why landlords, first home buyers are retreating from the property market
First home buyers were expected to fill the landlords' gap - but they're not.
Ratepayers fund Waikato Regional Council chair's 'feel-good gifts' at train launch
Chair Russ Rimmington played down the gift's value, saying it was a bit "mean-spirited".
Govt's behind-schedule vaccination register 'just putting money into a Silicon Valley billionaire's pocket'
Privacy breaches and a mess of different systems aren't the only issues, lobby group says.
Fran O'Sullivan: Grant Robertson tightens Govt's grip on Air NZ
Robertson expects Government to be "involved in the process leading to board renewal".
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Light rail is a broken promise
OPINION: Michael Wood has taken a big, bold risk - and put his reputation on the line.
Business Hub: The man heading $4.4b CRL project
'CRL is a mega project in a world sense'.
$500m-$1b more tax: How much new rental property rules could bring in
ASB has crunched the numbers on the Government's new housing policy.
British tax change 'nowhere near as severe' as here: landlord
'Tax system favours debt-driven residential property investment' - David Parker.
Toeing the bright-line: IRD reveals number of house sales in its sights
Rental properties sold within the last four years will fall under bright-line regime.
Officials advised Govt against applying key measures of its housing plan
Ministers were told the bright-line test should be increased to 20 years, not 10.
Q&A: New Government housing policy explained
Key changes of today's policy changes explained.
'Bizarre, crazy': Landlords shocked at Government's housing plans
'Cost of the mortgage is the biggest single cost for an investor' - Andrew King
Govt grants thousands of Covid MIQ fee waiver requests
Four in five travellers have been given free or reduced-price stays in quarantine hotels.