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Opinion: 54th Parliament’s worst week – Thomas Coughlan

A look back at our angry, sweary Parliament.

Nicola Willis announces $577m film investment at Peter Jackson’s film studio

The extra money brings rebate total to $1.09 billion over four years.

Liam Dann explains what to expect in Budget 2025

NZ Herald Business Editor-at-large, Liam Dann breaks down all you need to know about the upcoming budget. Video / NZ Herald

Minister for Social Investment, Nicola Willis talks to media

Minister for Social Investment, Nicola Willis talks to the media after a Pre-Budget 2025 Social Investment Speech at the Southern Initiative.

Nicola Willis announces $190m for Social Investment Fund

'We can do much much better here.'

The Green party releases its alternative Budget

Greens promise $88b taxes including 33% inheritance tax for massive social safety net expansion. Video / Mark Mitchell

Watch: 'The current system fails' – Govt investing $140m to boost dire school attendance rates

Most of the Government's funding will go towards creating a new nationwide service.

Beyond the Budget: Brutal truths

OPINION: Treasury forecasts permanent Budget deficits, starting in 2030.

Govt warned it'll be lumped with bigger bill than insurers if disaster strikes

Insurers pass Reserve Bank stress test, but it worries about the Government's finances.

Patrick Walsh: A heavy bureaucratic blanket has been a dismal failure for learning support

OPINION: The most vulnerable and disadvantaged children have been poorly served.

Watch live: PM speaks with Hosking after landslide Labor win in Australian election

More overseas deployments are likely with the funding boost.

Watch: NZ to spend more than $2b on new NZDF choppers

The helicopters can go further and carry larger loads than the existing Seasprite fleet.

Liam Dann: Are Kiwis about to be hit with an ‘austerity Budget’?

The Finance Minister faces a difficult balancing act with this month's Budget.

Audrey Young: 100 days down, 1361 to go – Trump’s blitz has barely begun

OPINION: Kiwis just got a hint of how much America's lurch to the right will cost.

Editorial: Has Nicola Willis used a scalpel or a saw?

OPINON: The scale of cuts feel like we are going to get close to nicking the bone.

'Tough decisions' needed: Clock hīkoi targets Govt debt

The hīkoi arrived in Tauranga this afternoon, highlighting Government debt.