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Govt puts up $104m for leaky-school repairs, checks
The number of known leaking schools is now 145, double the estimate in September last year. The worst will benefit from $82 million allocated in the Budget for remedial work in the next year.
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Rugby World Cup guests soak up $12m
Taxpayers will put up an extra $12m for the Govt to hold state functions and accommodate official guests for the Rugby World Cup 2011.
![Tax cuts: How much extra you will get?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tax cuts: How much extra you will get?
High, middle and low income earners will all get more in their pay-packets from October 1. But how much will you get?
![Budget 2010: Who wins in Bill's game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Budget 2010: Who wins in Bill's game
The Govt's income tax cuts for all is a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to change the direction of the NZ economy.
![Budget 2010: IRD beefed up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Budget 2010: IRD beefed up
The taxman is to get sharper teeth with a $119.3 million increase in funding over the next four years.