State house tenants from around New Zealand plan to march on Parliament against Government plans to sell 1600 houses in Tauranga and Invercargill.

ASG survey shows families struggling to keep up with schooling's extra costs.

In New Zealand, we discard 1.6 billion plastic bags a year, yet the Government is happy leave it to the industry to do the right thing, Brian Rudman writes.

The Conservative government's new budget cuts corporate, income and inheritance taxes while also cutting welfare.

People are concerned about rates - I am too. But as a result of our budget work and the adoption of a levy we can invest more in transport, writes Auckland mayor Len Brown.

More taxpayer money could be spent on a controversial demonstration farm in Saudi Arabia but nothing is planned at present, Prime Minister John Key says.

Millions of dollars in Government relief will be pumped into the flood-ravaged lower North Island, as authorities warn it could take weeks to clean up.

We need wonder no longer. Funding for the SuperGold Card will be frozen at $28 million plus inflation for the next five years.

If NZ taxpayers have provided a businessman with a sheep farm in compensation for his loss, it raises many more questions than Minister Murray McCully has been inclined to answer.

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For people other than residential property investors, Thursday's Budget is expected to be a nickel-and-dime affair, writes Brian Fallow.

Australia and New Zealands' Budgets speak volumes of the strength of their respective economies and their citizens' state of mind.

Experts say when Finance Minister Bill English stands up to announce his spending plans, there could be something in the Budget to help your pocket.

Next week's Budget will outline plans by the Government to develop its own land holdings in Auckland in a bid to boost supply.

The Government has released its financial position ahead of next week's budget.

The petition comes as the Salvation Army said it fed 9.5 per cent more people last year in its Midland region than it did in the year before.

Grant Robertson has a tough job as Labour's finance spokesman. He has to critique National's performance without yet having formulated his party's own economic policy.

Prime Minister John Key believes a surplus is still possible but the Government will not deliver a slash-and-burn Budget to get one.

The return to 10-year passports could come about in around six months' time, according to the Prime Minister.

Five MPs and their partners will jet off tomorrow on a $138,000 tour of Europe led by Parliament's Speaker, David Carter.

New Zealanders are set to enjoy 10-year passports once again - but at a price.

Politicians have passed a law change to claw back their hefty pay hike, but will still be able cash up any perks that are scrapped in the future.

The prospect of hefty rates increases are going down like a lead balloon in feedback on the new 10-year budget.

The first of a two-part series wrapping up the Herald’s coverage of Auckland’s spending plan, Bernard Orsman asks local board leaders what they think of the proposals.

Labour says former Revenue Minister Peter Dunne should answer for a blowout in the cost of implementing child support changes to $163 million.

Auckland Council's desperate hunt for new revenue to supplement an ever-growing rates burden may be boosted by a Local Government NZ funding review.

Prime Minister John Key has sprayed cold water on calls for a comprehensive rethink of how local government spending is funded.

Peter Lyons writes: When we eventually achieve the budget surplus we need to recognise it has been paid for by many of those who had the least to start with.

Can Bill English continue to keep all of National's fiscal balls in the air? And for how long before he drops one?

The Government's widely touted return to surplus is likely to take a further 12 months and is largely reliant on cuts to spending.