BUDGET 2013 Higher tax take spending restraint keep 2015 surplus intact
Finance Minister Bill English will meet his targets for a return to budget surplus in 2015 and a drop in net debt by 2021 by putting a cap on new spending, taking in more tax and delaying the...
View ArticleFour more men sentenced for fraud against Dunedin company
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 3:49 pm Press Release: Serious Fraud Office Media Release16 May 2013Four more men sentenced for fraud against Dunedin companyFour sentences have been handed down in the Auckland...
View ArticleBudget Keeps Kiwis on Treadmill Says NZ First
Budget Keeps Kiwis on Treadmill Says NZ First New Zealand First says the Budget does little to help struggling New Zealanders off the treadmill of high costs and low wages and uses asset sales to blur...
View ArticleNational’s Whiteware White Wash Won’t End Poverty
Pre-budget talk of a big focus on child poverty has proven to be nothing more than hot air, with budget announcements falling well short of what is needed to help the 250,000 New Zealand kids that live...
View ArticleBill English Full Budget Speech 2013
Introduction Mr Speaker,I move that the Appropriation (2013/14 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time.It's my privilege to deliver the National-led Government's fifth Budget. When I stood up to...
View ArticleGovernment delivers a ‘blackjack’ Budget
National has delivered a 'blackjack' Budget that stacks the deck against the millions of New Zealanders who work their guts out every day trying to get ahead, says Labour Leader David Shearer."For the...
View ArticleNational fails lifelong learners
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 3:54 pm Press Release: Green Party 16 May 2013 National fails lifelong learners The Government's restrictions on access to student allowances for New Zealanders over 40, and...
View ArticleNothing in budget tackles two-speed economy
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 4:00 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Nothing in budget tackles two-speed economyThe budget does nothing to tackle the two-speed economy that National is creating, says...
View ArticleKura Hourua funding focuses on raising achievement
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 3:58 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua: funding focuses on raising achievementPress Release by Associate Minister of Education John...
View Article“The Mouse On A Treadmill Budget”
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 4:10 pm Speech: New Zealand First Party Rt Hon Winston PetersNew Zealand First Leader16 May 2013 "The Mouse On A Treadmill Budget" Mr Speaker - our first reaction to this Budget...
View ArticleAirlines claim on Wellington profit grab is proven
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 3:16 pm Press Release: BARNZ May 16 2013 Airlines claim on Wellington profit grab is proven Wellington Airport's 20 per cent jump in its full year profit reported today proves...
View ArticleAuckland Airport welcomes third Emirates A380
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 4:05 pm Press Release: Auckland Airport Auckland Airport welcomes third Emirates A380Auckland Airport is set to become the first airport outside Emirates' Dubai to host three...
View ArticleMissing man was seeking rare kokako
Chasing the call of the rare kokako could have landed a missing Buller man in trouble. Punakaiki man Leslie Graham Wright, 63, has not been seen since he left a holiday park in Te Kuiti, where he and...
View ArticleWoman died smoking in bed
Deena Borell's habit of smoking in bed probably cost her her life. Now Rotorua Coroner Dr Wallace Bain is warning others who smoke in bed to think about the consequences before lighting up. Miss Borell...
View ArticleEmirates’ Airbus A380 to be launched to Brisbane Auckland
third Australian destination to welcome the airline's flagship Airbus A380, with the announcement that Emirates will operate the A380 on the Dubai to Brisbane and Auckland route from 1 October 2013....
View ArticleKiwi tourists unlikely to be involved in Nepal plane crash - MFAT
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade say it is unlikely any New Zealanders were among the tourists on a plane that crashed today in Nepal. The plane crashed while attempting to land at a mountain...
View ArticleHarmful drugs altered to get around law - Customs
File photo / Thinkstock Customs officers are frustrated they are being forced to return harmful drugs into the community because they have a slightly altered molecular structure to the illegal...
View ArticleBudget 2013 Wafer-thin surplus sensible - Key
Budget 2013: The main talking points (5:11) Prime Minister John Key has labelled his Government's fifth Budget "sensible and thoughtful" after Bill English promised a wafer-thin surplus next year. The...
View ArticleKiwi bounces off lows after Budget greenback support stumbles
The New Zealand dollar came off its recent lows as Finance Minister Bill English's Budget kept the operating surplus target for 2014-15 intact and as support for the greenback stumbled after US...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 Government to over-rule councils on housing
Subscribe to NBR Print or NBR ONLINE paid content and be in to win the all-new BMW 320i xDrive Touring valued at $83,800 For the first time in New Zealand, the BMW 3 Series Touring is now available...
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