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The Finance Minister Grant Robertson discusses the 2021 Budget which he says will undo some of the damage from what was dubbed 'Mother of All Budgets' 30 years ago - delivered by the then National… Audio

The Labour government says it will lift tens of thousands of children out of poverty with its increases to the benefit.

Under plans announced in the budget, beneficiaries will recieve increases of… Audio

The response to the 2021 budget is testament to the fact that you can't please everyone.

Changes to benefits and investment in Maori housing are being welcomed in some quarters - while others say… Audio

The National Party says the Budget delivered by Finance Minister Grant Robertson yesterday afternoon is simply papering over the cracks.

In its first unconstrained Budget in decades, Labour hiked… Audio

The government's calling it unprecedented - more than a billion dollars of targeted funding for Māori in the Budget.

Health and housing are at the top of the list but there's one complaint,  Whānau… Audio

Beneficiaries are one of the biggest winners out of the 2021 Budget, with welfare boost billed as the "biggest in a generation".

This is Grant Robertson's fourth Budget, but it is his first without… Audio

It's being billed as a once in a generation increase to benefits that will lift thousands of children out of poverty.

But those at the sharp end say it won't go far enough to help the worst-off… Audio

A patient advocate for people living with epilepsy has called just-released coroners findings a "wasted opportunity".

The chief coroner has this morning released her report into six deaths that… Audio

Campaigners say people with rare illnesses have been put on the "losers list" and left to die because Pharmac hasn't been funded enough.

The government has boosted spending for its drug buying agency… Audio

The Government is being accused of leaving middle New Zealand behind in the Budget - as political leaders butt heads at Parliament.

Front and centre in yesterday's announcement is the $3.3 billion… Audio

When all added up, the budget promises $2.3 billion to be spent on projects to reduce carbon emissions.

But environmentalists says this is woeful, and time is running out to take steps to reduce our… Audio

The Salvation Army says the government's boost to benefits doesn't go far enough to lift families out of poverty.

Benefits will increase by $20 a week in July, with a further increase next April… Audio

Co-leader of the Māori Party Rawiri Waititi. Audio