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Letters: Lamenting Smith & Caughey’s demise and Queen St’s decline

OPINION: 'Contactless credit and debit fees are the scam of the decade.'

Shane Te Pou: This was not a Budget for the ages

OPINION: The Budget tried to please too many, and will probably end up pleasing nobody.

Mary Holm column: The first-home grant is gone, should I cut back on KiwiSaver?

OPINION: There are plenty of other advantages in keeping your payments up.

Claire Trevett: Snap poll gives Budget lukewarm pass, but cancer drug fail leaves sour taste

Cancer patients shouldn't have been left hanging to find out the drug promise was on hold.

Auckland stadium debate: And now there are two, but why?

OPINION: Auckland Council's stadium decision is wrong in so many ways.

Matthew Hooton: Debt set to explode under Nicola Willis

OPINION: The Budget isn’t one a serious Government would have presented.

Audrey Young: Disturbing undertones in Te Pāti Māori's messaging

OPINION: Ads promoting Budget day protests featured guns against a fiery backdrop.

Budget 2024: All you need to know about the tax changes - Robyn Walker

OPINION: Has the Government delivered a block of cheese budget?

Govt must focus on reviving productive sector instead of sacking people - Max Whitehead

Opinion: The Government's use of contractors is often cynical - and unhelpful.

Editorial: Day-of-disruption status inadvertently boosted by PM, Opposition leader

OPINION: Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins pumped up the protest by entering the debate.

Letters: Taxpayers' Union kicks Kiwis when they're down

OPINION: 'Is this how Kiwis talk to each other now?'

Ginny Andersen: We have a major problem with family violence

OPINION: The Government is putting family violence in the 'too hard' basket.

Simon Wilson: Five ways for Nicola Willis to make the Budget look good

OPINION: Some of the biggest things the Finance Minister could do would cost very little.

Gisborne councillors must reject their costly Three-Year Plan

OPINION: Gisborne councillors must insist on no debt or rates increases being applied.

Thomas Coughlan: The real Budget question - what's being cut to pay for it?

OPINION: Voters will ultimately judge whether it's worth it.

Inside Economics: Is excessive gloom making the recession worse? All the hot Budget 2024 takes

OPINION: Liam Dann answers economics questions and digs through the week's economic news.