Nicola Willis has today revealed a pared-back operating allowance for next month's Budget - of just 1.3 billion dollars. It's a plunge from the 2.4 billion Treasury forecast in the Half Year Update.

The Finance Minister says the cut in new spending is a reflection of the times we live in and New Zealand's high interest ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis will deliver a major pre-Budget speech to the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce. Willis ...

If Nicola Willis can pull this Budget off, it'll be impressive, because she has written a budget, by the looks of things, ...

The New Zealand Dollar remains under pressure due to mixed signals from China, despite Trump’s assurances of continued ...

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has departed on a nationwide h ī koi calling for the Government to balance the books and ...

New Zealanders looking around at the state of global politics and asking how things got so bad have their answer in the kind of slash and burn economics Nicola Willis has promised the country today, ...

"This is an irresponsible recipe for failure in health and public services which are already in desperate need of additional ...

WELLINGTON] New Zealand’s government has been forced to slash new spending in this year’s budget as sweeping US tariffs ...

Fiscal forecasts, due out later this week, are expected to show the Government in surplus in 2029. Willis says there must be a strong case for any extra funding, outside key areas like frontline ...

In the face of tougher economic times, the Coalition Government is cutting its operating allowance in next month’s Budget ...

The Government has slashed the operating allowance by more than $1 billion in Budget 2025, a move that means it can continue ...