Budget 2019
Apartment owners seek details for quake-prone buildings fund
Wellington apartment owners say $23m in the Budget to help fix earthquake-prone buildings is only a start.
Budget welfare changes pass under urgency
Parliament has passed welfare changes announced in yesterday's Wellbeing Budget under urgency tonight. Video
Week in politics: National set the trap and Robertson walked into it
Analysis: National used the information it found on Treasury's website to set a trap - and it worked far more effectively than Simon Bridges could have imagined after Gabriel Makhlouf made his "we…
An economic breakdown of the 2019 Wellbeing Budget
The Two Cents' Worth team dedicates the entire podcast to debating the merits of the 2019 Wellbeing Budget and how it's likely to impact the New Zealand economy. Audio
KiwiRail picks up more funding
It was budget day yesterday and there were announcements about thousands of things. One of the new funding initiatives was a huge allocation of new funding to KiwiRail. Audio
Budget 2019: Did Labour really deliver a new approach?
Analysis: Grant Robertson promised a new approach in the Budget - to stop focusing solely on economic growth as a measure of success - but National say the Finance Minister botched the job.
Education: Government scraps school donations
The government's Budget has delivered on its promise of eliminating school donations - but not for schools in the richest neighbourhoods, Education Correspondent John Gerritsen writes.
Budget: KiwiRail funding 'a cause for celebration'
Rail workers have been given a boost - some say even a new lease of life - with a billion-dollar funding boost in the Budget.
Grant Robertson: budget, wellbeing & the Treasury fiasco
Finance Minister Grant Robertson joins Kathryn to discuss Budget 2019, how it will improve the wellbeing of New Zealanders, and how budget information was able to be accessed from the Treasury website… Audio
Does Budget 2019 deliver on the wellbeing promise?
Has the government's wellbeing focus made any important difference to this year's budget compared with previous budgets? Kathryn speaks with Dr Simon Chapple and Dr Michael Fletcher from Victoria… Audio
Budget: Govt 'building the blocks' for low income NZers
Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the government is focused on helping low income NZers, but National says the slowing economy will affect everybody. Video
Budget: Venture capital fund may slow brain drain
Analysis - The brain drain of New Zealand talent and future earnings may be slowed by one of the government's few business-centric Budget policies, writes Gyles Beckford.
Wellbeing Budget: Laudable, but not transformational
Power Play - This Budget has eased some of the pressures that have been building up since the election of the coalition, but it is not transformational, writes Jane Patterson.
Budget 2019: Critics and fans among those affected
There are too few mental health workers to fulfill the Budget's plan, DHBs seem left short, and beneficiary families still don't have what they need, academics, advocates and unionists say.
Robertson to Parliament: ‘Please can we have money?’
Wherefore art thou budget? Or possibly what's it all for anyway, and is it really new? Audio
Budget targets climate but ignores Wilding Pines - Fed Farmers
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced several agricultural investment packages in Budget, but failed to address the wilding pine tree problem.
Bridges attacks 'botched Budget'
National Party politicians have roundly criticised the Wellbeing Budget as another example of a coalition government not delivering on promises. Video
Budget 2019: Our panel discuss the Wellbeing Budget
Waikato Chamber of Commerce CEO Chris Simpson, Economist & Author Shamubeel Eaqub, and JustSpeak spokesperson & Children's advocate Julia Whaipooti join Lisa Owen in the studio to discuss today's… Video, Audio
Analysis: Some meat in Wellbeing Budget, but will it satisfy?
While there's clearly some meat on the bones of this Well Being Budget, it's unlikely to quell critics who want transformation, Corin Dann writes.
Government delivers Budget boost for mental health services
Finance Minister Grant Robertson told Parliament the Wellbeing Budget is a new way of running the government's books. Audio