PM blasts National's 'cynical' politics, rejects tax hike claims
Ardern is also talking down any suggestion that the Govt plans on increasing taxes
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Budget 2020: How did it measure up? Five views
Richard Prebble, Josie Pagani, Ben Thomas, Lizzie Marvelly & David Cormack on the Budget.
Budget 2020: $5b housing spend up questioned after Kiwibuild debacle
"Demand for social housing will increase" NZ Housing Foundation.
Hamish Rutherford: A sea of red to save NZ from even worse
COMMENT: There is little debate about the need to spend big, but will it be enough?
Beneficiaries and migrant workers left out in the cold, advocates say
Advocates had hoped for a bigger lift to benefits than the $25 already announced.
Budget 2020: Auckland could get 2600 new public houses to tackle homelessness
More than 400 rough sleepers taken off streets during lockdown need permanent homes.
Budget 2020: Cancer Society welcomes health funding, urges system rejig
The Pharmac funding increase signals a business-as-usual approach, says cancer expert.
'A tsunami of debt': Simon Bridges on Govt's $50b Budget
National leader says Budget 2020 lacks spending detail; party leaders respond.
The $50 billion Budget to help save 140,000 jobs - and wage subsidy extended
The Government will spend big on its Covid-19 recovery plan.
$1.6b trade training package: 'I've never seen anything like it'
Building and Construction ITO CEO says "I've never seen anything like this in my career".
Budget 2020: Govt to borrow $5b to add 8000 state and transitional houses
The Government wants to add 8000 more state and transitional homes over five years.
Budget breakdown: What you need to know - where your money goes
What you need to know: The big Covid-19 spending package and the hit to the books, jobs.
Wage subsidy scheme extended by 8 weeks - who's eligible?
Govt's wage subsidy scheme extended by eight weeks - which companies can claim it?
Budget 2020: $833 million for disability support services
Better access to showering, cleaning, accommodation, equipment and respite for carers.
Budget 2020: Housing providers ready to build 8000 new public houses - but say more needed
Groups say 14,869 people registered on public housing waiting list by end of last year.
Budget wishlist: What environmental leaders want
Dr Rebecca Stirnemann says: "It's cost-effective to do the action now".
'Incredibly difficult': SkyCity plans to slash another 700 jobs
Cleaners, bar and cafe staff, hotel and gaming worker roles all threatened.
Sir Bob Jones: Govt should stay out of landlord-tenant relations
"No need for the Government to become involved" - Sir Bob Jones
Budget 2020 wishlist: School principals want funding maintained
Principals reveal what they hope to see come out of this year's Budget.
Budget 2020 wishlist: What do Rotorua MPs want?
MPs want to rebuild whānau and environment, save and create jobs, and focus on innovation.
Auckland's Elliot Stables eatery owners desperate for help
About 40 staff are employed at Elliot Stables and many are on the wage subsidy now.
Shane Jones teases Northport as Covid 'economic haven'
NZ First is still pushing for Northport growth, now citing a Covid-19 "economic haven".
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Wage subsidy may be messy but it has saved jobs
In defence of Grant Robertson.
Hawke's Bay drought: Tales of woe get worse, as heat goes on Govt response
One's gone from 1800 lambing ewes to zero. Another's watched his native trees wither.
$3b tax relief package 'eases the pain, but not a cure'
Package a big help but it's slow and clumsy warns bar owner.
Opinion divided on Government rent subsidy for businesses
"Businesses will either be mortally crippled or just fall over" - O'Reilly.
Creditors claim $40m from failed Australian prison builder
Dozens of creditors lodge claims with Decmil Construction NZ liquidator
Govt to spend $100m on housing homeless in motels as Covid-19 bites
The Housing Minister says the motels are a placeholder while long-term housing is built.
Reviving the economy: Greens want $1b for 'nature-based' recovery
Greens say it can quickly create thousands of jobs, bring back birds, and cut emissions.
Govt's fraud investigations unit doing wage subsidy audit
More than 100 fraud investigators will comb through all wage subsidy scheme applications.
Simon Wilson's pandemic diary: 7 lessons on economics from a non-economist
When we get the economy back to work, will we be resetting for the public good?
Medical clinics on 'brink of collapse' as patient numbers decimated
Urgent-care & after-hours clinics say they need urgent funds to continue seeing patients.
Liquidator wants $12.5m from Corrections NZ
Court examinations could reveal more about termination - liquidator