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Budget 2020 headlines with summaries.
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Budget 2020: A massive spend-up but not transformational
15 May 2020Opinion - Budget 2020 maintained a careful balance of helping to wean us off an open cheque book, blunt the recession, and lay the building blocks of a recovery, Shamubeel Eaqub writes.
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Lockdown adds to Gisborne surgery backlog - and no end in sight
20 May 2020The number of planned surgeries at Gisborne Hospital that were put off due to the alert level 4 lockdown topped 100.
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$7.6m to support Māori arts and tourism
19 May 2020Te Puia tourism centre and the Māori arts and crafts training centre will receive $7.6 million from the government to safeguard its future.
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Budget 2020: Robertson goes for repair, not rebuild
15 May 2020Opinion - Crises can be an opportunity for sweeping change, but this Budget reflects an opinion that crises should not be rapidly exploited, Max Rashbrooke writes.
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds trust welcomes first government funding
18 May 2020The $4 million earmarked for Waitangi National Trust in the Budget - likely the first time the government has funded the Treaty grounds - will help it survive the effects of Covid-19.
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Budget 2020: $900m package for Māori 'unprecedented', minister says
15 May 2020The Employment Minister says the Budget's $900 million Māori package is unprecedented but some say the long-term gains for Māori employment and development fall outside of that package.
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Extra Whānau Ora money may not cover rise in needy families
15 May 2020Whānau Ora providers are sceptical the significant boost in funding announced in the Budget will meet the huge demand from families doing it tough.
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Ardern rubbishes 'campaign bribe' Budget accusations
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has hit back at the opposition's "cynical politics" after they called her government's $50 billion Covid rescue package an election bribe.
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Week in Politics: It's going to be the doing that matters
15 May 2020Analysis - The Budget has given the government the money to repair the economy, but it could be in trouble if it isn't seen to be delivering between now and the election, Peter Wilson writes.
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Playcentre movement directs funding 'outrage' at PM
18 May 2020Playcentre families, upset by last week's Budget, have been taking their fight to the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Audio
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National calls for international education sector revival to help economy
The National Party is questioning the government's big $50 billion spend to fight Covid-19 along with its intention to hold onto the unspent $20b just before the election. Audio
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Budget 2020: Parties look to secure wins from $20b ahead of election
A $50 billion Covid-19 rescue package poured out of the Crown coffers yesterday when the government revealed its rebuild plan - but it is the $20b blank cheque that has got the Opposition crying foul.
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Budget 2020: Applause and dismay echo in reactions
The winners from yesterday's Budget are applauding the big numbers, while those who missed out are left reeling and anxious for the future.
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Budget funding increase for kōhanga reo was overdue - kaiako
15 May 2020A kaiako in Wellington says the funding increase from the Budget for kōhanga reo was well overdue for staff who had been underpaid and undervalued for too long.
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Budget 2020: Māori to get $900m to deal with Covid-19 fallout
14 May 2020The government will spend $900 million in Budget 2020 to support whānau, hapū and iwi to deal with the fall-out of Covid-19.
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ANZ predicting higher unemployment figures for longer
ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner says the government is being too optimistic with how high and how long unemployment figures will be over the next few years. Audio
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Small businesses urged to seize digital opportunities
15 May 2020There will never be a better time for small businesses to make the most of digital technology, Xero boss Craig Hudson says. Audio
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Government's debt mountain to fund early recovery
The economy is expected to have a relatively solid and early bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic but it will come largely as a result of debt-funded government spending.
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Disability advocates welcome $800m funding increase
14 May 2020Disability advocates are "really heartened" by a $832.5 million funding boost for disability support services in the 2020 Budget.
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Robertson's role: Spend like a drunken sailor to keep economy afloat
14 May 2020Analysis - A crisis in an election year that requires a massive spending spree amounts to a huge slice of luck for Finance Minister Grant Robertson, Tim Watkin writes.
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Businesses left all at sea over restart of foreign travel
14 May 2020Opinion - The lack of a road map to help businesses know when borders might reopen is one critical failure of Budget 2020, Brigitte Morten writes.
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Budget 2020: Where the $50bn is going
14 May 2020The government has unveiled a $50 billion recovery package as part of today's Budget. Here's a breakdown of where Budget 2020's money is going.
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Budget 2020 lacks accountability and effect, opposition says
14 May 2020The government is burdening New Zealanders with the equivalent of another mortgage per household without a plan to get the country back to work, the National Party says. Video
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Budget 2020: $50bn rescue fund in 'once in a generation' budget
14 May 2020A $50 billion rescue fund sits at the centre of 2020's "once in a generation Budget" as the country braces for the economic carnage promised by Covid-19. Video
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