21 May 2025

One sleep away from Budget Day 2025

From Checkpoint, 5:17 pm on 21 May 2025

The Budget's been picked up from the printers and the Finance Minister's promising no rainbows, no unicorns, and no BS. There's just one sleep to go until New Zealand finds out who's getting what - and where that money is going to come from. With a low operating allowance, the money is going to have to come from somewhere, with opposition parties poised and ready to scrutinise every line. Political reporter Giles Dexter has more.