Budget 2025
Nicola Willis sets aside money for election costings unit
An old proposal to establish a unit to cost election policies has funding.
Govt considering 'demolition' for Chateau Tongariro, deemed a ‘fiscal risk’ in Budget 2025
Options are being investigated for the site, 'including demolition'.
‘Bad faith’: Govt pulls funding for rollout of ‘desperately needed’ justice programme before review finishes
Government ditches waiting for a review of Te Ao Mārama, banking $32m in savings instead.
‘Utterly astounding’: Govt pays DoC $20m from higher tourist tax, keeps bigger slice
It's taken eight months to hear how the Govt will use extra IVL money to increase funding
Sasha Borissenko: Budget 2025 misses the mark on justice reform
OPINION: Access to justice or bogus rhetoric?
Editorial: If you didn't like this Budget, just wait until the superannuation one
OPINION: Only 22% of people thought the Budget was good – start bracing for the next one.
Letters: Time for NZ to have its own State of Origin; flag artwork may have gone too far
OPINION: Why not also have a three-game New Zealand Island of Origin series?
Steven Joyce: AI is key to unlocking New Zealand's economic potential
OPINION: AI offers huge opportunities amid current economic challenges.
Mary Holm: The biggest winners and losers from the Government's KiwiSaver changes
OPINION: Young people are the only clear winners in the Budget announcements.
Politics video
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for closed-door bilateral talks. Photos / Thomas Coughlan
NZ Herald Live: David Seymour speaks to media
Acting Prime Minister David Seymour speaks to the media in response to GDP results.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters explains evacuation of NZ embassy in Tehran
Two embassy staff and their families were evacuated from Iran this morning amid the conflict with Israel. Video / Mark Mitchell
More Budget 2025
Editorial: Govt's job creation claims overshadowed by irony
OPINION: The Government's Budget announcement had a few perplexing inconsistencies.
Richard Prebble: Labour's support of Te Pāti Māori over haka punishment will be defining issue for next election
OPINION: Te Pāti Māori leaders skipped the Budget debate despite protests on their behalf.
How much a smaller Govt contribution to KiwiSaver could cost you by retirement
Simplicity's Shamubeel Eaqub runs the numbers.
Wellington kura celebrating ‘bittersweet’ $35m long-awaited upgrade
'We see the excellent results in our kura kaupapa – despite the buildings they are in.'
'Every little bit counts': Willis says ministers 'worked hard' to find savings, Seymour's cuts 'small portion'
The Government found about $5.3 billion overall in savings.
More cuts possible to cover Govt’s extra KiwiSaver costs - Finance Minister
The Green Party is claiming the extra costs could total more than $700m.
Hayden Wilson: Budget 2025 - A pass mark, with reservations
Opinion: Budget's bold tax move could spur business investment.
'Stay away from the jocks': Male National MPs conduct outfit checks in support of Nicola Willis
National MP Mike Butterick was careful to stop his caucus members from showing too much.