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Budget 2020
Budget 2020 headlines with summaries.
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As it happened: Govt unveils 'Rebuilding Together' Budget
The government has revealed the details of the 'Rebuilding Together' 2020 Budget. See how the news unfolded with RNZ's live blog.
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Government spends up on re-opening Great Walks
17 May 2020The government is spending $13.7 million on repairing conservation and visitor infrastructure destroyed by flooding earlier this year in Fiordland.
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From pouring wine to poisoning wallabies? Govt's jobs in pest control
15 May 2020Checkpoint - Will former air stewards, bar tenders and tour guides be lining up to shoot wallabies and fell wilding pines in the wake of Covid-19? Audio
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$400m to be spent on bigger, faster Interislander ferries
15 May 2020The Interislander ferry service expects to increase passenger numbers when it trades in its three existing ships for two bigger new ones by 2025. Audio
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Current benefits 'not sufficient to survive on', social welfare groups say
15 May 2020The government is being warned many more families will fall into poverty if it doesn't boost support for people losing their jobs because of Covid-19. Audio
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GPs want to have say in division of extra support
15 May 2020GPs say they've been passed over in the Budget and want to be at the table when the extra health support the government has promised is divvied up.
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Budget 2020: Tourism funding not enough - tourism leaders
14 May 2020Tourism got a $400 million funding boost in Budget 2020, but industry leaders say it is not enough to keep them afloat and does not provide a clear plan. Audio
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Budget 2020: Trades training gets $1.6bn boost
14 May 2020Trade training gets a $1.6 billion Budget boost aimed at trainees and their employers.
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What to expect from the 2020 Budget
The Finance Minister will unveil a Budget today that will set this country's economic course for years, if not decades, to come.
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'Huge increase' expected in benefit applications over coming weeks
13 May 2020With unemployment expected to grow, beneficiary advocates say major changes to the welfare system are needed in Thursday's Budget.
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Government reveals $72.5m racing industry Budget package
12 May 2020Racing Minister Winston Peters says the industry's been hit hard by Covid-19, made worse by an already weak financial position.
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Doctors on $4bn DHB funding boost: More needed
Doctors say it will take a lot more to fill the huge hole the health system has been working in.
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DHBs to get $3.9b increase over four years in 2020 Budget
District Health Boards are to get an extra $3.92 billion over four years and a one-off $282.5m to catch up on elective surgery after the Covid-19 disruption.
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Thousands of early learning teachers get salary increase
11 May 2020Early learning services are getting a $151.1 million funding boost in Budget 2020 to improve the pay of up to 17,000 qualified teachers.
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Women's Refuge welcomes family and sexual violence service funding
11 May 2020Extra government funding for family violence services is timely given there will be an increase of demand for months, or possibly years to come, Women's Refuge says.
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Government to invest millions into family violence services
11 May 2020The government is investing an extra $202 million over the next four years to strengthen family and sexual violence services.
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