Budget 2025 will help up to 66,000 more SuperGold Cardholders with their rates payments, Local Government Minister Simon ...

Existing funding for the Food Secure Communities Programme was a Covid response measure and never intended to be permanent. It would have expired at the end of June 2024, but we know demand remains ...

“New Zealand’s tax debt rose to $8.5 billion by the end of 2024. At a time when the Government is carefully managing every dollar to fund the essential frontline services Kiwis rely on, it’s essential ...

New Zealanders will soon be able to receive 12-month prescriptions for their medicines, delivering savings to patients on ...

Parents rather than the state will be responsible for unemployed 18- and 19-year-olds who cannot support themselves under planned benefit changes announced in today’s Budget. “The purpose of the ...

Experts and leaders in the Pasifika community are bracing for the impact of tightened government spending. With the government injecting less new money in this year’s Budget, savings from elsewhere ...

The structure of investments is still being worked through, but this signals a willingness, subject to Cabinet consideration, for the Crown to take a commercial stake of up to 10-15 per cent in new ...

In December 2024, Our Changing World joined the research team during their week-long scientific dissection efforts to find ...

Two Labour bills drawn from the Member’s Ballot today would require greater transparency of international money transfers, and bring more public accountability and transparency to port companies.

Designer Chandelier Australia is witnessing a resurgence in demand for vintage-inspired lighting as homeowners seek to bring character and warmth into contemporary spaces. From restored Federation ...

Skyrocketing butter prices have forced a commercial bakery in the dairy heartland of Southland to scour the global market for cheaper alternatives. Kaye’s Bakery in Invercargill sells belgian biscuits ...

The Coalition Government’s “no-frills” 2025 Budget sets a record-low NZ $1.3 billion allowance for new spending while banking on fragile revenue to limp back to surplus, and it offers no dedicated ...