Treasury expecting a deficit, but the Govt's tax take was up.

Treasury secretary says he's seen no evidence that the policy framework between Reserve Bank and Finance Minister needs to be "radically different."

Finance Minister Bill English says it will be a challenge to maintain and grow surpluses.

Migrant arrivals climbed 15 percent to 115,700 in the year, while departures fell 8.1 percent to 57,400.

Joyce this week got cabinet approval to develop what he calls "the New Zealand Investment Attraction Strategy".

The Government has reported an unexpected operating surplus in the 10 months through April as the Crown's tax coffers were bolstered by a bigger inflows.

A spend of more than $360,000 on pay television subscriptions by Government departments has been criticised by Labour.

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

The Government posted a small operating surplus in the seven months through January as tax revenue beat expectations, while costs were smaller than expected.

PM’s regular ‘disappointment’ with racheting salaries hits crunch time, John Armstrong writes.

It is too easy for the leader of a ruling party to agree and dispense with independent, careful and sensible criteria for setting their remuneration.

The four years since the Christchurch earthquake is more than enough time for a discussion about New Zealand's system of disaster insurance.

The Government's operating deficit was smaller than expected in the first five months of the financial year as a clampdown on expenditure managed to offset a shortfall in the tax-take from last....

Dairy farmers and the Treasury will be looking to 2015 and beyond with some trepidation after a 52 per cent decline in wholemilk powder prices over the past 12 months.

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

The Treasury delivered a cheerful set of economic forecasts in its half-year update yesterday, revising up its forecasts for the next two years.

The Treasury is looking to "crowd source" policy ideas about how to improve the effectiveness of welfare spending.

The "missing witness" in the South Canterbury Finance trial said questions about why he wasn't approached to give evidence can only be answered by the SFO.

Two-thirds or so of the way through the Government's financial year the tax take is $1.1 billion below forecast.

The Treasury would have liked more "Mum and Dad" small investors to have bought shares in electricity generators Mighty River Power and Meridian Energy.

As the Crown's balance sheet approaches a quarter of a trillion dollars, managing those assets and the risks is becoming more important, says the Treasury.

Treasury is questioning the way the Crown manages its assets, suggesting state ownership of social assets may not be the most efficient use of government money.

A former chief executive of Bluechip and director Viaduct Capital Nick Wevers has died and criminal charges filed against him have now been withdrawn.