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Universities will be weakened by Budget focus on STEM and science - professor
The Budget allowed an emergency two-year four percent funding boost to lapse. Audio
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Protesters confront Willis over pay-equity legislation
30 May 2025Budget documents revealed tightening the pay-equity regime would net the government $2.7 billion every year.
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Health watchdog's operating budget drops $1.9m
30 May 2025The Health and Disability Commission says there is no decision over job losses after losing nearly 10 percent of its funding.
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'Creative ploy': Health budget boost half of size claimed - expert
29 May 2025A leading health systems expert is questioning the government's claim of a "record investment". Audio
Budget 2025 headlines with summaries.
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What ethnic communities get from Budget 2025
23 May 2025The Budget includes funding to help reform young offenders, free up police resources and address language barriers in accessing public services.
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Targeted funding missing from Budget, ethnic leaders say
23 May 2025Community leaders want such funds to be used to meet the complex needs of vulnerable and diverse ethnic groups.
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Ethnic leaders seek targeted investment ahead of Budget
21 May 2025Without sufficient and sustainable funding, key services for ethnic communities could be impacted, they say.
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'Harsh': Youth homelessness advocate on Budget
28 May 2025The head of a group that helps the homeless fears proposed changes could push some young people into harm's way.
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'Snuck in' change may cost first-home buyers thousands
Some borrowers could face a bigger bill from 1 July. Audio
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Budget 2025 decisions 'strange and unnecessary' - Labour leader
24 May 2025Labour's leader has used his second speech in a series of regional conferences to attack the government's budget as a series of "strange and unnecessary decisions".
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Greens claim $700m 'uncosted hole' in Willis' Budget
The government could face an unbudgeted funding gap because of one of its own policies, the Green Party says. Audio
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Who's worse off under new KiwiSaver changes?
The increase in contribution rates should make most savers better off - but it won't benefit everyone.
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'Invest in us': The teens feeling ignored by Budget 2025
A group of youths grappling with some of the decisions made by the government expressed their concerns at a post-Budget chat hosted by the Child Poverty Action Group. Audio
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Rabbits, switch-ups and highway robbery: What to call the Budget
23 May 2025Every politician, economist and their dog had their own nickname for the document dubbed the 'Growth Budget' by the government. Audio
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Budget 2025 reaction - as it happened
Chris Hipkins says National talked a big game about getting the country's infrastructure sorted.
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Is the health system taking a hit in the 2025 Budget?
Some question whether the funding will keep up with rising costs.
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Sole trader feels 'ripped off' by government's KiwiSaver cuts
The budget move to halve the government's KiwiSaver contributions has been described as a blow to sole traders.
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What will KiwiSaver changes mean for your balance?
Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson said low-income earners, Māori, women and self-employed people will be hit hardest by the changes.
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Retirement saving for 80% to increase under KiwiSaver changes - analysis
That's despite the reduction in government contributions to member's balances.
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So what do business owners think of 'investment boost' package?
22 May 2025The boost allows the deduction of 20 percent of the cost of new assets on top of normal depreciation.
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Budget: Māori question lack of targeted funding
23 May 2025But David Seymour says there should be no such thing as Māori funding.
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Māori education gets boost, targeted funding remains tight
22 May 2025$54 million in operational funding and another $50 million in capital funding has been allocated to increase Māori learner success by investing in curriculum support and teacher development.
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AgriTech leaders say Budget sows seeds but real growth requires bold vision
Tax incentives and a $100 million venture capital boost signal government support for food and fibre innovation but agritech leaders say it's time to step up with a bold national growth strategy. Audio
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Sunken Manawanui listed as $77m write-off in Budget
24 May 2025A $77 million write-off of the Navy ship HMNZ Manawanui, which sank off Samoa last October, is contained in the Budget papers on defence.
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KiwiSaver at a crossroads: Another missed opportunity to fix NZ's retirement scheme
25 May 2025Analysis: Changes to KiwiSaver laid out in this year's Budget undermine what was already an underperforming scheme.
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'When did it become okay?': Budget leaves blood cancer patients behind
24 May 2025No new funding for blood cancer medicines in Budget 2025 denies patients acces and causes harm, say patients, advocates and doctors.
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KiwiSaver is now means-tested, so why aren't pensions?
23 May 2025Commentators say it's "incoherent" the rules are being tightened on young people because it's "politically risky" to touch pensions. Audio
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Taumarunui rail yard ready for economic rebirth
23 May 2025The Ruapehu district mayor says it's a turning point for the central North Island town.
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