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![Treasury veteran sees brighter side](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Treasury veteran sees brighter side
Kiwis need to lighten up and try some constructive debate, John Whitehead tells Brian Fallow.
![Paul Holmes: Someone give me a sign that it's not Wellywood](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Paul Holmes: Someone give me a sign that it's not Wellywood
Is 'Wellywood' the best all those pointy heads in the self-proclaimed cultural capital can come up with?
![Budget balances books - at a price](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Budget balances books - at a price
The Government has delivered a budget that will bring its books back into surplus by 2014/15 and the price will be paid by the public service, parents, and KiwiSavers.
![Brian Fallow: Ratings agencies pacified but no straying off track](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Brian Fallow: Ratings agencies pacified but no straying off track
Focus of concern is instead the amount the country as a whole is borrowing.
![Plenty to disappoint observers on both ends of the political spectrum](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Plenty to disappoint observers on both ends of the political spectrum
They've given up even trying to grow the economy
![Mighty River Power tipped to be first SOE on sales block](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Mighty River Power tipped to be first SOE on sales block
Government looks for $5b to $7b from sell-downs and smaller holding in Air NZ.
![Budget 2011: Business reacts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Budget 2011: Business reacts
"Our estimates suggest this is the most aggressive period of fiscal repair since at least 1972," is one of the reactions....
![Budget will get books in order - Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Budget will get books in order - Key
The November 26 general election will be a test about economic management and tomorrow's budget will show the Government is up to the challenge, Prime Minister John Key says.
![Borrowing boom casts long shadow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Borrowing boom casts long shadow
How long, cold and dark a shadow will be cast by the big build-up of household debt over the past decade?
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> We'll save money by spending less, not by investing less](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> We'll save money by spending less, not by investing less
KiwiSaver had become one of our loved institutions in a short period of time. We believed it would be there in future. We believed it made financial sense for ourselves and the country.
![Kiwisaver kick start will remain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Kiwisaver kick start will remain
More details of KiwiSaver cuts will be announced in the budget, but John Key says the $1000 kick start for new accounts will remain.
![Start-ups find their progress stalled by 'valley of death'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Start-ups find their progress stalled by 'valley of death'
The gap in New Zealand's capital markets needs addressing urgently, writes Franceska Banga.
![Govt borrowing $380m a week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Govt borrowing $380m a week
The Government is borrowing $380 million a week and next week's budget will carry a record deficit.
![Deficit worse than forecast - $10.1b](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Deficit worse than forecast - $10.1b
The New Zealand government ran an operating deficit of $10.16 billion in the nine months ended March 31, almost 15pc worse than forecast. The government faces a potential credit rating downgrade from Standard and Poor's unless it can...