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Budget 2012
Budget 2012 headlines with summaries.
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Funding for new education initiatives
24 May 2012Education will get an increase of about $511 million over the next four years to fund new initiatives in Budget announcements on Thursday.
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Teaching jobs to be cut
24 May 2012Schools' operations grants will rise 2%, but face a $70 million a year cut in their staffing in 2014 as a result of the Budget, delivered on Thursday.
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Benefits for research, science and engineering
24 May 2012Engineering courses and research are the biggest beneficiaries from the Government's tertiary education Budget.
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No increase for early childhood subsidies
24 May 2012The Budget increases spending on early childhood education by more than $110 million over the next four years, but provides no inflation-linked increase for the subsidies paid to early childhood…
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Protesters rally outside Parliament and in Auckland
24 May 2012About 100 demonstrators gathered at Parliament on Thursday afternoon, protesting against planned increases to student loan repayments and child poverty. A group of students also protested in Auckland.
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Wellingtonians asked what Budget means for them
24 May 2012Radio New Zealand reporter Teresa Cowie asked some Wellington shoppers what difference this year's Budget will make to their lives. Audio
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Govt makes virtue of zero Budget
26 May 2012ANALYSIS: Radio New Zealand's political editor Brent Edwards previews the 2012 Budget.
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