Budget 2018
Budget 2018: 13 Kiwi songs about money (and taxes and the dole)
Whether you're excited about the new government's first budget, or you're sick of hearing about it, the RNZ Music team have put together a playlist of Kiwi songs to help get you through the day… Video
Defence unlikely a top priority for Budget 2018
Defence is a portfolio involving vast sums of money, but doesn't hit headlines as much as the likes of health, education of housing. But it is important given the increasing demands of disaster… Audio
Parliament’s to do list: Budget, budget, and more budget
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
Parliament’s to do list: Budget, budget, and more budget
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.
AudioWill the Budget ease pressure on those most in need?
Social issues reporter Sarah Robson looks at whether there will be more to address child poverty in Thursday's Budget. Audio
Budget 2018: Jacinda Ardern talks housing plans
Is the new government delivering on its housing promises? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discusses KiwiBuild with Guyon Espiner. She says Labour's $600,000 'affordability' price point was two years… Audio
Budget 2018: Is govt delivering on housing?
Housing was an area the Labour party hammered the previous Government mercilessly on, accusing them of presiding over a crisis of rising unaffordability, falling home ownership, and growing… Audio
Govt announces $42b capital spending boost
The government has confirmed it will invest $42 billion in net capital spending over the next five years.
Early childhood funding boost doesn't go far enough, govt told
The government's been told that preschoolers can't wait four years for funding that is urgently needed now.
Kevin Hackwell: for the birds
Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has added $81.3 million in funding to the Department of Conservation to be channelled into predator control over four years. Kevin Hackwell, chief conservation… Audio
Govt to spend extra $100m in fight against homelessness
The government has unveiled an ambitious $100m plan to tackle homelessness in New Zealand, saying it is "pulling out all the stops".
Govt has freed up $700m in Budget - Minister
The government has freed up $700 million in the Budget after ministers reviewed all programmes and initiatives, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says.
PM hints of further public underfunding revelations
The government is going to drip feed stories of public sector underfunding by the previous government in the run-up to next month's Budget, the Prime Minister has indicated.
