NZ Steel to transition away from burning coal with $140 million Govt subsidy
The change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.
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Luxon: What Budget got wrong - and the projects he wants to work on with Labour
The National leader wanted to see more fiscal responsibility.
Explainer: Why Govt is making a big deal of steel emissions initiative
PM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.
Sasha Borissenko: Budget 2023 falls painfully short of the Plain Language Act
What exactly does some of the language in the Budget mean?
Govt to spend $140m on NZ Steel's move away from burning coal
The change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.
Green Party candidate list includes nine Māori
'We can push the Crown to uphold its promise to guarantee tino rangatiratanga'.
Beehive Diaries: A Budget whoopsie and Erica Stanford's awkward question for David Seymour
National's education spokesperson tries to find out if Act leader covets same job as her
Claire Trevett: Nats' penny-pinching reaction to Budget puts heat on Luxon over tax cuts
National's Budget response feeds right into PM Chris Hipkins 'coalition of cuts' line.
Which policies are the winner and losers of Budget 2023?
Which policies are big winners - and which ones are 'really silly'.
Budget 2023: Rise in MPs requesting security prompts $5.7m boost
Some of the funding would also be used to increase security staff on Parliament grounds.
Wealthy donors match $150,000 in small donations to Labour
They were the latest in 11 donations above $20,000 to political parties declared in May.
Opinion: NZ’s Budget used a ‘gender lens’
Budget 2023 included a gender budgeting 'snapshot' - and was the first to do so.
Promising Labour MP chosen as candidate in Auckland’s Epsom electorate
Camilla Belich missed out on Mt Albert, despite being endorsed by Ardern.
Labour’s Māori caucus 'all satisfied' with the $825 million ‘Māori Budget’
Minister Willie Jackson defends drop in funding - these are 'very, very tough times'.
‘There will be higher interest rates’: Luxon calls Robertson’s Budget ‘reckless’
The Finance Minister has made a big bet on inflation coming down.
Thomas Coughlan: Labour fires first shot in world’s smallest class war
Labour is tentatively turning its back on the propertied.
Claire Trevett: Not an election-winning Budget, but not a loser either
OPINION: The Budget won’t win Labour the election. It wasn’t designed to.
Security boost at MPs’ homes, offices after Robertson warns of ‘intense threats’
It's unsure how much of the $14 million would be allocated to security enhancements.
Liam Dann: Why not live that deficit life a bit longer?
Opinion: This was a classic Labour Party Budget.
More funding for frontline cops, but programme to tackle repeat child offenders bypassed
Budget commits an extra $50.8m to maintain frontline police numbers.
Budget 2023: Video game industry gets its tax rebate, but it’s half the Aussie scheme; full tech wrap
PLUS: Tech industry reaction to a Budget that was slim pickings for the sector.
Shane Te Pou: Chris Hipkins’ bread and butter Budget
Opinion: No big revolution, but help for those who need it in PM's Budget.
All the reaction to Budget 2023: ‘blowout’ says National, Greens want stronger action on poverty
National has accused the Government of 'wasteful spending'.
Parents welcome Budget's ‘game-changer’ childcare announcement
'It’s the difference between being able to afford to go to work or not.'
Cost of living crunch or 'no ideas' - Budget 2023 breakdown
Kids (and their parents) are the big winners with childcare subsidy, public transport.
Northland leaders need more detail on amount of road repair funding
Budget 2023: Northland leader responds to "poor" roading repair package.
Economist: Budget 2023 seeing a $20 billion gap emerge in Crown finances
Brad Olsen also believes the Budget could led to another OCR rise.
Budget 2023: $400m to help make Wellington a ‘science city’
The Government is forging ahead with bold plans to make Wellington a “science city”.
Budget 2023: $160m to gaming sector, rebate for video game developers
The sector contributed $7 billion towards New Zealand’s GDP in 2021.
Budget 2023 breakdown: Massive EV charging expansion among climate change initiatives
New climate-focused initiatives include expanding the electric vehicle charging network.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: No need to fear strong, Māori, women politicians
Opinion: Female Māori politicians are challenging some of the norms of Parliament.
Budget 2023: Massive boost for Te Matatini kapa haka festival
Te Matatini gets an additional $34 million in funding over the next two years.
Budget 2023: $6b resilience plan to future-proof cyclone-hit infrastructure
It follows the near $1b announced by Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Sunday.
Budget 2023: What’s in it for you
Free medicines, cheaper transport and childcare among initiatives.