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Hon Dr David Clark Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Urgent Budget night legislation to stop major supermarkets blocking competitors from accessing land for new stores has been introduced today, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Dr ...

Budget 2022 will help build a high wage, low emissions economy that provides greater economic security, while providing support to households affected by cost of living pressures.

The Government is investing in New Zealand’s economic security by ensuring climate change funding moves away from short-term piecemeal responses and towards smart, long-term investment. “New Zealand trades on its environmental reputation. It is ...

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean has announced that she will not be seeking re-election at the 2023 election. “I have advised the President and Leader of the National Party that I have decided not to put my name forward at the 2023 election, giving the party ...

The livestream video of yesterday’s mass shooting in the United States has now been banned, Acting Chief Censor Rupert Ablett-Hampson announced this morning. The decision follows on from his decision yesterday to call in and ban the ‘manifesto’ ...

New Zealand is fully reopening to international students and the Government is committed to help reinvigorate and strengthen the sector, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today. “Our international education sector has done it tough for the last ...

Budget 2022 confirms that New Zealand is going backwards under Labour faster than ever, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “This is the Backwards Budget. Kiwis, the economy and outcomes are all going backwards under Labour and today’s ...

“Grant Robertson is putting a brave face on Labour’s Brain Drain Budget, but the figures don’t lie. Compared to the same forecasts made in December, we are going to have mode deficit spending, more debt, and much more interest on Government, ...

“Labour must have missed the story of the golden goose, or maybe they just think it doesn’t apply to Kiwis. A key part of the Brain Drain Budget is too much tax on productive people,” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. ...

“The Government’s decision to slice up over $1 billion based on race will not solve inequality,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The $1 billion is not even close to full spending on Māori Health. Māori are 14 per cent of the population, ...

“The ACT Party today welcomes a $191 million boost to funding for PHARMAC - now we need a proper funding review,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This budget increase will bring hope to people who literally ...

“Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Government have today presented New Zealand with the Brain Drain Budget. Ambitious New Zealanders, tired of being milked, will weigh up leaving for greener pastures,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Last December ...

· Fuel Excise Duty and Road User Charges cut to be extended for two months · Half price public transport extended for a further two months · New temporary cost of living payment for people earning up to $70,000 who are not eligible to receive the ...

· Biggest-ever increase to Pharmac’s medicines budget · Provision for 61 new emergency vehicles including 48 ambulances, along with 248 more paramedics and other frontline staff · New emergency helicopter and crew, and replacement of some older ...

· Landmark reform: new multi-year budgets for better planning and more consistent health services · Record ongoing annual funding boost for Health NZ to meet cost pressures and start with a clean slate as it replaces fragmented DHB system ($1.8 ...