Analysis: Willis sticks to tax cut plans, but makes last-minute Budget commitment
ANALYSIS: While Willis pledged to reduce debt, she's going to have to borrow more.
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Budget 2024: The 10 key points
Bamboozled by the Budget? Here's all the main highlights explained.
Audrey Young: Buckle in – money is tight, you’d better believe it
OPINION: Cuts to Government agencies will become business as usual.
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Budget build-up: Cookies over sausage rolls - Luxon and Willis say they're 'ready to deliver'
Today, the Government puts its money where its mouth is.
'Surprised and disappointed': Official admits new school lunch model unlikely to be as nutritious
'How come we don’t value our kids enough to give them a quality meal?'
Profession or trade? Why training Kiwi teachers in the classroom is not the right answer
OPINION: The education of future generations depends on it.
'Liberated and excited': Thousands march in Tauranga, traffic disrupted
The protest was delayed to allow protesters caught in traffic.
Hundreds march through Rotorua, activation 'beautiful' says organiser
Protesters gathered at four locations before congregating in the city centre.
Final Waitangi Tribunal hearings start at Raukawa in Ōtaki
Ngāti Korokī is the last hapū to be heard by the Waitangi Tribunal.
Govt must focus on reviving productive sector instead of sacking people - Max Whitehead
Opinion: The Government's use of contractors is often cynical - and unhelpful.
Census: Why counting Māori has become so important to iwi
For the first time, a non-government organisation presents the census data.
Māori data in 2023 Census worth $2.4 billion in investments
Census reveals growing Māori numbers means more putea.
Editorial: Day-of-disruption status inadvertently boosted by PM, Opposition leader
OPINION: Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins pumped up the protest by entering the debate.
Ginny Andersen: We have a major problem with family violence
OPINION: The Government is putting family violence in the 'too hard' basket.
Oranga Tamariki spends more than $800k on contractors, consultants on plan to axe 447 jobs
Minister for Children Karen Chhour is defending the spend-up.
What has the Govt already unveiled in today’s Budget?
Tax cuts will be the centrepiece but plenty of announcements have been made.
Opinion: Seeking a future where food isn't wasted and no one goes hungry
OPINION: A visit by Christopher Luxon was like an episode of Shark Tank.
Mike King lashes ‘d***heads throwing s***’ over charity funding
King reflects on a 'stressful week' since I Am Hope's funding announcement.
'Pissing on their parade': Māori mobilise for Budget Day protest
Budget Day protests 'p***ing on their (the Government’s) parade'.
Inside Economics: Is excessive gloom making the recession worse? All the hot Budget 2024 takes
OPINION: Liam Dann answers economics questions and digs through the week's economic news.
Ngāti Whakaue lawyer on fast-track approvals advisory panel
Tapsell chairs Ngāti Whakaue’s Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust.
‘Transformative shift:’ 20 per cent of New Zealanders of Māori descent
'We will see Māori become a dominant part of the future workforce of Aotearoa.'
Watch: Why the Budget is important to Gen-Z and what they'd like to see in it
What do young adults in New Zealand want to see addressed? We asked them.
Mata season 2, episode 9: Te Pāti Māori — Disrupting the Budget
Te Pāti Māori talks about its right to protest the Budget.
Opinion: Karen Chhour is not the only voice that needs to be heard on state care and abuse
OPINION: Tupua Urlich responds to Children's Minister's moves on repealing section 7AA.
Budget Day protest: Police want commuters to go to work early, avoid Māori carkois
Protest motorists will converge on motorways to try to accomplish maximum disruption.
Ngāpuhi losing on average $500k a year, job losses likely
The country's biggest iwi is to cut costs and staff.
Te Pati Māori protest: Four Rotorua locations targets for hikoi
Police want commuters to hit the road to work early and avoid the peak-hour Māori carkois.
Opinion: Time for a tune-up as NZ's economic engine sputters
OPINION: Slides in rankings suggest the decline of our country's economic foundations.
Richard Prebble: 'Dire straits' - the key number to watch in Thursday's Budget
OPINION: The evidence indicates New Zealand has exceeded its peak taxation.
Claire Trevett: Willis' game of good and bad numbers as Budget reckoning looms
OPINION: The Budget will be a tally of promises kept and broken.
Public sector cuts: ‘No reprieve’ for staff as ministries signal 3-5 yrs of fiscal restraint
Some agencies expect years of fiscal restraint.
MP 'confusion' causes select committee to favour scrapping news bargaining bill
The minister responsible had to clarify what his position was on the bill.
Budget 2024: What we know so far
A recap on pre-Budget announcements in the lead-up to Thursday's full Budget announcement. Video / NZ Herald