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Booklets titled "The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand: Economic Development and Infrastructure Sector, 28 May 2025" rest on a column, with “Budget 2025” text and graphic quotation marks on a blue background.

Budget 2025: The great Spinoff hot-take roundtable

A booklet titled "The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand: Economic Development and Infrastructure Sector" is surrounded by stacks of coins, labeled tickets, and a "Live Updates" sign on a blue background.

Live updates: All the news from budget day

A woman in a purple blazer, finance minister Nicola Willis, holds a government document titled "The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand." Next to her is a "Budget 2025" ticket and a downward graph on a blue background.

Budget 2025: Some lollies, some scramble, and some woke sushi

A brightly colored microscope is centered over New Zealand banknotes, with several blue and white tickets labeled "BUDGET 2025" scattered around, all set in front of open double doors.

How can research contribute to economic growth if it’s not funded properly?

Budget Day 2025 arrives with cuts, cookies and promises of ‘no BS’

Catherine McGregor

A grayscale image of an adult holding a baby, overlaid with multiple blue "BUDGET 2025" labels scattered across the scene.

Who pays when the budget cuts?

Zoe Aroha Witika-Hawke

Housing market in holding pattern as budget day looms

Catherine McGregor

A collage showing New Zealand’s Beehive building, a $100 bill being cut by scissors, a grid pattern, a red semicircle, and a "Budget 2025" label on a blue background.

Budget 2025: Where might the cuts land – and how deep will they be?

A child sits alone on a playground, head down and arms crossed, overlaid with a fluctuating blue line graph and a "Budget 2025" label, suggesting a link between budget and child wellbeing.

What kind of economy produces the highest adolescent suicide rate? Ours

KiwiSaver shake-up looms as government prepares budget reveal

Catherine McGregor