Budget 2022

Budget 2022: Health gets $13.2b boost to address inequities, sector reforms

Under new government rules, three-quarters of people working in the public sector - including...

Budget 2022: Health gets $13.2b boost to address inequities, sector reforms

The health sector is being given $13.2 billion over the next four years including more than $1.8b in new spending in the coming year to address historical cost pressures, boost the workforce and guide in the health reforms.

Budget targets health, cost of living

Finance Minister Grant Robertson poses with a copy of the Wellbeing Budget 2022 during a...

Budget targets health, cost of living

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has tacked to the centre, bolting an emergency $1 billion cost of living package to his $5.9b health-focused Budget.

Bubble tie for Budget

Bubble tie for Budget

Jacinda Ardern has gifted her finance minister a tie on the morning of a health-focussed Budget as she watches from Covid-19 isolation.

What to expect from NZ's biggest Budget

Finance Minister Grant Robertson with the Wellbeing Budget 2022 Photo: RNZ

What to expect from NZ's biggest Budget

Health is expected to be the big winner when Finance Minister Grant Robertson unveils his Budget this afternoon.

PM defends Govt record in fiery pre-Budget exchange with Luxon

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes an address at a virtual Apec summit in Wellington on Thursday...

PM defends Govt record in fiery pre-Budget exchange with Luxon

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended the Government's record over the past five years in a fiery pre-Budget exchange with National Party leader Christopher Luxon.

Govt 'talking big game, not delivering': Luxon

National Party leader Christopher Luxon. Photo: Mark Mitchell

Govt 'talking big game, not delivering': Luxon

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is attending a regional National Party conference and told the party he would be looking at this week's Budget through three lenses.

A balancing act in difficult times

A balancing act in difficult times

Budget 2022 will be all about health, and Finance Minister Grant Robertson believes there will be enough money in the Government’s coffers for a meaningful change for New Zealanders. He spoke...

Robertson defends spending levels, Budget focus

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says he stands Government's swift action on the fund, but...

Robertson defends spending levels, Budget focus

Finance Minister Grant Robertson is "well and truly over" Covid-19 as he heads into Budget week next week.

Budget 2022: $230m for trades training programmes

The Government is investing $230 million in trades training programmes it says will support 38,000 people into work.

$88m to tackle school attendance

$88m to tackle school attendance

A high school principal warns of intergenerational impacts from rising rates of children missing school - some to support their parents who lost their jobs - and increased learning difficulties...

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