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Budget 2022
Budget 2022 headlines with summaries.
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Pasifika health services in Waikato hope Budget can alleviate strain
18 May 2022Pasifika health providers are hoping tomorrow's Budget addresses urgent social and health needs exposed by Covid-19 over the last two years.
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Mental health advocate concerned funding will not reach young people
18 May 2022A mental health service is concerned those who experience the worst inequality will not benefit from more government funding.
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Mana Ake school mental health programme expansion gets $90m in Budget
17 May 2022Labour promised at the election to expand the mental health support to all New Zealand schools, saying it would take five years to roll out.
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Mental health crisis services get $27m boost in Budget
17 May 2022Crisis services will get more than a quarter of a $100m spend on mental health in this year's Budget, Health Minister Andrew Little has announced. Audio
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Cleaner cars and an agritech centre: Govt reveals first emissions plan
16 May 2022Low-income families who scrap their old car will get funding to buy a low-emitting vehicle in a $569 million scheme, one of the big-ticket items in the government's first Emissions Reductions Plan.
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$20m boost for digital technologies announced
The government is spending an extra $20 million over four years on its plan to transform the digital technologies industry.
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Youth development services gets $15m boost over four years
13 May 2022Youth development services and research to build data on marginalised young people is set for a $3.7 million-a-year boost in this year's Budget.
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Luxon on National-ACT alliance, budget, abortion
National Party leader Christopher Luxon won't be drawn on how he might work with the ACT party and its leader David Seymour if his party wins next year's election. Audio
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Is half-price public transport here to stay?
The thousands of people who use public transport every day could soon find out if the half-price fares they are enjoying now are here to stay.
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Govt urged to 'throw money' at energy R&D
11 May 2022The government is being told to shift to a war footing on climate spending in this year's Budget.
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Family violence prevention strategy gets $114.5m in Budget
10 May 2022The government's family and sexual violence elimination strategy will be bolstered by $114.5 million in this year's Budget.
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Robertson, Hipkins announce funding for apprenticeships
9 May 2022The government will spend $230 million on its apprenticeship boost scheme as part of its Budget this year.
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ACT gets the knife out in alternative budget
There's a lot on the cutting block. ACT would reverse various efforts to curb climate change, increase defence spending, freeze the minimum wage, and abolish some government agencies.
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New law and order funding: Extra police with focus on gangs, gun crime
8 May 2022The government has announced a raft of law and order measures that it says will increase police numbers, address gang violence and extend successful rehabilitation programmes.
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Watch: Grant Robertson outlines spending areas in pre-budget speech
Health and climate change will be key spending areas, and there would be a new rule requiring governments to try to maintain a small surplus, the Finance Minister said.
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