Budget 2018
All about the money money money
Parliament is often all about the money and this week they finally passed the Government’s spending plan a.k.a Budget 2018. Audio
Urgently tracking cattle and the end of Budget 2018
Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they’ll try to get through this week Audio
Still no budget, but oh so nearly
Grant Robertson announced the Government’s budget back in May, but it’s still not a done deal. You may be surprised but it's normal. Audio
Auckland Pacific community disappointed by 2018 budget
Pacific community reaction subdued to the government's budget at a post budget breakfast in Auckland. Audio
Parliament’s to do list: the budget continued and a bit of tax
Each sitting day in the House MPs work their way through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week. Audio
'No doubt' Budget failed on funding for Māori - John Tamihere
Former Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere says he can't understand how Māori took a back seat in the government's priorities when there are 13 Māori MPs in the government. "The Families package is… Audio
National would cancel winter energy payment - Bridges
National leader Simon Bridges discusses the first Labour government Budget with Guyon Espiner. "In the best of conditions they're still managing to break their promises," he says. On the spending &… Audio
Med students disappointed by broken Budget promise
Medical students say the government has "left them in the dark" by breaking its promise to lift the eight-year borrowing limit on their student loans in this year's Budget.
Corrections dept 'a political football', more prison beds needed - union
Almost double the number of new beds allocated in this year's Budget is needed to manage the prison population, corrections workers say.
Govt only putting bandaids on the problem - teachers
Teachers are disappointed with the government's Budget, saying it has failed to address key problems facing schools.
Christchurch gets extra $300m to get rebuild going
Christchurch is one step closer to a new stadium after its long slow rebuild got a $300 million boost in yesterday's budget. Audio
Budget criticised for not doing enough for Māori
Māori community providers say yesterday's Budget represents broken promises, but the government argues already-announced initiatives will have a considerable impact on lifting Māori out of poverty. Audio
Phil Twyford: Housing crisis will get worse
Housing Minister Phil Twyford says the shortage of homes especially in Auckland will get worse, despite what he calls the biggest investment yet in public housing. He met today with 100… Audio
Budget did nothing for workload or pay, teachers say
Teachers say Labour has broken promises to fix education in New Zealand, because the Budget has done nothing to help retain teachers, or bring them back to the workforce. Video, Audio
National attacks Labour over ‘tax and spend’ Budget
Accusations over which political party spent more and how it was spent have been flying back and forth in the post-Budget mop-up. Political reporter Craig McCulloch reports. Video, Audio
How healthy is the government's Budget boost?
A $3.2 billion dollar investment in health is being seen as a win by many in the sector, but some say the figures aren't what they appear to be.
The Budget debrief
A day on from the Government's budget analysis is focusing on the more minute details including the Crown Debt target, immigration, and education. Audio
Budget 2018: A 'triumph of neoliberalism'
Analysis - Labour's first Budget in nearly a decade looked more like National's tenth Budget rather than Labour's first, writes Guyon Espiner.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson's first budget
The Finance Minister joins Nine to Noon to discuss his first budget. Audio
Budget 2018: Political, economic analysis
RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson and economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara discuss the Budget with Guyon Espiner. Pressure will really be on the next two years' budgets, as expectations grow… Audio