Political Roundup: The 2024 no-frills Budget
The budget has released tax cuts and further cuts to government programmes.
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Audrey Young: Buckle in – money is tight, you’d better believe it
OPINION: Cuts to Government agencies will become business as usual.
Profession or trade? Why training Kiwi teachers in the classroom is not the right answer
OPINION: The education of future generations depends on it.
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.
Opinion: Karen Chhour is not the only voice that needs to be heard on state care and abuse
OPINION: Tupua Urlich responds to Children's Minister's moves on repealing section 7AA.
Claire Trevett: Willis' game of good and bad numbers as Budget reckoning looms
OPINION: The Budget will be a tally of promises kept and broken.
Richard Prebble: 'Dire straits' - the key number to watch in Thursday's Budget
OPINION: The evidence indicates New Zealand has exceeded its peak taxation.
Letters: Pseudoephedrine fears for pharmacies, elderly migrants suffering in silence
OPINION: 'I anticipate a huge increase in ram raids and armed hold-ups.'
Arena Williams: No meaningful help for Auckland in tomorrow's Budget
OPINION: No support on the horizon for NZ’s economic engine room.
Gisborne letters re Grey St changes, finger pointing, biochar
Gisborne Herald letters May 29: more criticism of Grey St project.
Louise Upston: Carmel Sepuloni’s welfare claim misleading
OPINION: I am steering the welfare system towards focusing on what people can do.
Audrey Young: All eyes on Budget borrowing; brickbat for a nasty ad
OPINION: There's one line Nicola Willis really doesn't want to cross with her tax cuts.
Michael Burgess: Klimkova's Football Ferns future has to be in doubt amid investigation
OPINION: The head coach has taken unexpected leave.
Editorial: Tory Whanau’s smart business move after Reading failure
OPINION: It's a win the mayor needed after the controversial cinema deal collapsed.
Dr Russel Norman: The fast-track bill puts Aotearoa up for sale
OPINION: About 60 per cent of our conservation land could be up for grabs.
Daron Parton’s cartoons: May 1 - 31
Our cartoonist Daron Parton shares his view on current events.
Letters: Rugby league 'poaching' concerns a bit rich
OPINION: A former Kiwis player says rugby union had the upper hand for decades.
Opinion: NZ is changing faster than the Census can keep up – four big trends to watch
OPINION: The NZ population has changed significantly from where we were in March 2023.
Gregor Paul: Why this was a great weekend for ABs selectors
OPINION: The Crusaders' win would have given Scott Robertson a sense of optimism.
Opinion: New Zealand needs stricter rules around tap-and-go fees
Opinion: The percentages may be small, but the lack of transparency isn't.
Auckland Philharmonia trumpet triumph
OPINION: Auckland Philharmonia prove contemporary music is not box office poison.
Letters: Teachers’ academic qualifications; partisan public servants
OPINION: 'It is hard to see how knowledge can be successfully passed to children.'
Opinion: Why I started learning the language of my Samoan forefathers
Not understanding my mother tongue made me feel deprived and like I was missing out.
Kendall Langston: Why Kiwi businesses need to stop ignoring young people
OPINION: Having the knowledge and skills to lead young people will bring many benefits.
Rob Rattenbury: Dublin Street bridge deserves preserving
OPINION: Whanganui's bridge might be old, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a purpose.
Jarrod Gilbert: How the National Gang Unit can make an impact
OPINION: Real success will only come from deliberate, surgical engagement.
Ex-Files: I'm worried my children will be impacted by ex's bad behaviour
OPINION: I would like to be on good terms with him but he is difficult to engage with.