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Budget 2019 headlines with summaries.
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New service to help young people transition from state care to adulthood
26 May 2019Children's Minister Tracey Martin has announced $150 million will be spent on a new service to help young people transition from state care to adulthood.
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Lower public transport fares for low-income households
25 May 2019The government has announced plans to lower public transport fares for low-income households through it Wellbeing Budget.
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Govt signals it would loosen debt target rules in future
25 May 2019The government is likely to ease its self-imposed Budget Responsibility Rules, giving itself the scope to spend up to $15 billion more a year if it is re-elected.
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Further funding to aid over-stretched ambulance services
21 May 2019Ambulance services say a $21 million funding boost will help keep stretched services running while longer-term solutions are found.
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SuperGold card gets $7.7m technology boost
20 May 2019The government is investing more than $7.7 million in upgrading the SuperGold card website and an app, plus $600,000 on digital literacy training for seniors.
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Govt commits $320m to tackle family and sexual violence
19 May 2019The prime minister has unveiled a plan to tackle family and sexual violence.
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The Wellbeing Budget explained
17 May 2019There's less that two weeks until the Wellbeing Budget is unveiled, so RNZ is taking a look at what's new in the Budget process, and who else supports it.
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Budget funds tipped for scheme tackling family violence
17 May 2019A major anti-family violence pilot programme is expected to get the green light for more funding at a pre-Budget announcement on Sunday.
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$320m anti-violence package 'a good foundation'
20 May 2019The government's pledge of $320m over four years to stem family and sexual violence is only a start but the money is being spent in sensible ways, the head of Women's Refuge says. Audio
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Rheumatic fever fight: 'We must address the causes, and not just the symptoms'
18 May 2019The government will spend $12 million in an effort to combat rheumatic fever. Audio
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Fees-free tertiary policy not a failure, Grant Robertson says
The Finance Minister insists the fees-free tertiary policy is not a failure, despite reallocating a sizeable part of the funding to polytechs due to low demand.
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$100m to help break cycle of Māori offending
10 May 2019Almost $100m will be spent over four years in a bid to break the cycle of Māori reoffending and imprisonment, and reduce the prison population by 30 percent.
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Removal of NCEA fees welcomed by students, principals
13 May 2019NCEA fees will be scrapped and the qualification's literacy and numeracy requirements will be increased in a major overhaul of the qualification, the government has announced. Video
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Extra $94 million to house homeless in government Budget
12 May 2019The government will spend an extra $94 million in this year's Budget to help more homeless people into permanent housing.
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$27m clean energy centre announced for Taranaki
9 May 2019Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a $27 million clean energy centre will be established in Taranaki.
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$95m boost to tackle teacher shortage
2 May 2019The government has announced a $95 million package to train or support 3280 extra teachers over the next four years.
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