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The former finance minister starts as vice-chancellor of Otago University in July. But such appointments call for more robust debate about the perceived independence of our tertiary institutions.
Incremental and pragmatic, New Zealand’s fifth Wellbeing Budget tries to balance cost-of-living support with huge long-term investment challenges – all without frightening the inflation horses.
Thursday’s ‘orthodox no-frills budget’ sounds like Labour is switching from Ecostore to Kmart: never mind your wellbeing, this is about Labour’s political survival.
Health, housing and education get funding boosts in the fiscally conservative first budget delivered by New Zealand’s coalition government.
New Zealand’s finance minister Grant Robertson will take centre stage when he delivers the coalition government’s first budget tomorrow.




