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A protest installation outside the United Nations Offices in Geneva on the opening day of the WHO’s World Health Assembly in 2021 (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/ AFP via Getty Images)
24th May, 2022

NZ still backs Taiwan role in WHO despite absence from joint statement, says Mahuta

As the US position on China and Taiwan comes under the spotlight, a former diplomat wrote of his ‘great shame’ at the missing NZ signature.
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large
JacArd, Albo, Luxo and Scomo. Design: Tina Tiller
24th May, 2022

The clues from the Aussie election for New Zealand’s turn next year

Luxo versus JacArd? We read the tea leaves.
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large
New Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese (Image: Getty Images / Archi Banal)
23rd May, 2022

Easy peasy Albanese: Australia gets a new PM, and other takeaways from the election

Women revolted, the Greens roared, and Scott Morrison's Liberals were given the boot.
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By Ben McKay
Guest writer
Image: Tina Tiller
20th May, 2022

‘The opportunity is gone’: Māori health spending criticised as ‘woefully inadequate’

Māori-focused initiatives got just 2.3% of the overall new spending on health.
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By Don Rowe
Contributing writer
Image: Tina Tiller
Opinion
20th May, 2022

When Labour turns on the money hose, who gets drenched?

After 2021's budget opened the spending floodgates, this year's version couldn't help feeling like a damp squib.
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By Danyl Mclauchlan
Contributing writer
Image: Tina Tiller
20th May, 2022

Short-term pain, long-term gain – but the budget can’t fix a deteriorating economy

There was little in the way of game-changing policy, but few were expecting it.
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By Reweti Kohere
Staff writer
Grabby Grant and the glowing tie: the budget debate performances, reviewed
19th May, 2022

Grabby Grant and the glowing tie: the budget debate performances, reviewed

After the budget numbers comes the budget debate. Here's all the theatre you missed.
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large
Photo: Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller
19th May, 2022

A budget guide for people who don’t want to read about the budget

Sick of hearing about the budget? Here’s everything you need to know, and nothing more. 
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By Chris Schulz
Senior writer
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19th May, 2022

Is the $27 cost-of-living payment enough to make budget day cheese rolls?

The wholesome budget day cheese roll tradition is a little less wholesome when cheese is a luxury item.
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By Madeleine Chapman
Editor
Toby Manhire and Bernard Hickey in a special crossover pod. Who is Jason and who is Freddy? Image: Tina Tiller
19th May, 2022

‘Squeezed middle written all over it’: Budget podcast special with Bernard Hickey

The hosts of Gone by Lunchtime and When the Facts Change combine to weigh up the just-released 2022 budget. 
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By The Spinoff
Staff writers
Balancing inflationary and cost of living pressures, Budget 2022 walks a tightrope
Opinion
19th May, 2022

Balancing inflationary and cost of living pressures, Budget 2022 walks a tightrope

The challenge for Robertson was to give cash away where it was needed – without appearing to be 'spraying' it.
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By Bernard Hickey
Contributing podcaster
Image: Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller
Opinion
19th May, 2022

What can families like ours hope for in the budget?

People across Aotearoa – including Emily Writes and her whānau – are hanging out for life-saving medicines to be funded.
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By Emily Writes
Contributing writer
Finance ministers and their budgets over the last 20 years. (Photos: Getty Images; additional design: Tina Tiller)
19th May, 2022

Every budget cover since 2002, ranked

They say never judge a book by its cover – but what about a budget?
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By Reweti Kohere
Staff writer
Image: Tina Tiller?
18th May, 2022

Quiz: Whose budget is it anyway?

Your task is simple. We give you the name of the budget, you say which finance minister presented it. 
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large
Image: Tina Tiller
Opinion
17th May, 2022

The ERP is a step in the right direction, but where’s the ambition?

The scale of action is not yet matching the scale of the climate emergency. 
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By Gareth Hughes
Guest writer
Image: Tina Tiller
Opinion
17th May, 2022

A tame, tentative and too thin Emissions Reduction Plan

A wasted opportunity to make real, impactful change.
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By Bernard Hickey
Contributing podcaster
Image: Tina Tiller
17th May, 2022

The cost-of-living crisis means we need bolder budget calls on child poverty

During these uncertain times, what's needed are policies that redistribute support to those who need it most.
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By Kate C Prickett
Guest writer
Image: Tina Tiller
16th May, 2022

From aspiration to Zoom: the 2022 budget alphabet

Bluff your way through a conversation about this Thursday's budget with our helpful A-Z.
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large
Image: Tina Tiller
Opinion
16th May, 2022

Why universal half-price public transport shouldn’t be made permanent

Funding could be better spent on what's most important to public transport users – speed and reliability.
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By Axel Downard-Wilke
Guest writer
The Tops supermarket in Buffalo, upstate New York, where at least ten people were murdered. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)
15th May, 2022

NZ censor bans Buffalo terrorist ‘manifesto’ that cites Christchurch attack as inspiration

The slogan that concludes the Christchurch 'manifesto' is the opening image of the Buffalo document.
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large

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