Money
Evening business for 27 May 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6256206824001 Video, Audio
Fonterra forecasts $8 farmgate forecast
Fonterra has released a strong opening forecast for next season's farmgate milk price, crediting increasing global demand for dairy products.
The diary company's forecast range for the new season… Audio
Reserve Bank forecasting interest rate rise next year
The Reserve Bank sprung something of a surprise in yesterday's monetary policy statement with a clear hint that interest rates are likely to rise in the second half of next year.
The central bank… Audio
KiwiSaver funds switch may have left thousands out of rebound
Thousands of young New Zealanders are potentially missing out on investment returns after switching their KiwiSaver funds early last year.
Glacier Country businesses start to receive 'lifeline' support
Development West Coast has begun distributing funds to businesses affected by the lack of tourism due to Covid-19.
The Weekend Panel with Sam Stubbs and Brigitte Morten
Joining us on the Panel this morning are Brigitte Morten and Sam Stubbs. They'll be discussing the Budget, how safe we feel in New Zealand, what Martin Bashir did, how much we pay our nurses, and the… Audio
'We don't need to be nervous about double digit inflation'
The US is looking at the highest levels of inflation since the 1980s, rekindling global inflation fears. Jeffrey Halley says that while he is not dismissing the threat, there is not enough data at the… Audio
$85m Hillside workshop boost: Seymour's comments 'ludicrous'
An advocate of the government's $85 million allocation to Dunedin rail wagon assembly plant says it will bring huge benefits to the country and has called ACT Party's criticism of the move… Audio
Budget 2021: Will benefit increases make a difference?
Max Rashbrooke, editor of 'Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis', speaks talks to Jesse about Budget 2021. Audio
Pharmac vows to do better on future drugs changes
Pharmac is vowing to do better at informing GPs when it switches drugs - usually to save money. The chief coroner has ruled the deaths of six people were not linked to a recent epilepsy medication… Audio
Budget: people will still need food banks
People will still need food banks despite increases to benefits announced in Budget 2021, say community advocates. Max Towle speaks to Annie Williams (Ngāti Porou) a community leader in Enderley in… Audio
Budget: good, but too slow and too little
Social advocacy groups, and those who work with children, are cautiously welcoming Budget 2021. The Government says it is a real milestone which will make a difference to people's lives. RNZ reporter… Audio
Ardern says Budget is 'a real milestone for us'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fielded questions from reporters today on the Budget after taking a tour through a social supermarket in Newtown, Wellington.
Budget 2021: Finance minister defends 'strong balance sheet'
The finance minister says there is enough for "middle" New Zealand in the Budget and that the government has not left working people behind. Audio
BusinessNZ supports welfare increases in Budget
The government's welfare increases could have been bigger and they will help businesses, a business leader says. Audio
"There's more to do": Grant Robertson on Budget 2021
The Finance Minister Grant Robertson discusses the 2021 Budget which he says will undo some of the damage from what was dubbed 'Mother of All Budgets' 30 years ago - delivered by the then National… Audio
Budget 2021: Social Development Minister on benefit lift
The Labour government says it will lift tens of thousands of children out of poverty with its increases to the benefit.
Under plans announced in the budget, beneficiaries will recieve increases of… Audio
Budget 2021: 'Looking to leave the country in order to live'
Finance Minister Grant Robertson presented the government's so-called recovery and well-being Budget yesterday, but some are describing it as anything but.
Budget 2021: Panel on benefits boost, business impact
The response to the 2021 budget is testament to the fact that you can't please everyone.
Changes to benefits and investment in Maori housing are being welcomed in some quarters - while others say… Audio
Budget 2021 just 'papering over the cracks' - National Party
The National Party says the Budget delivered by Finance Minister Grant Robertson yesterday afternoon is simply papering over the cracks.
In its first unconstrained Budget in decades, Labour hiked… Audio
