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Live: Robertson's inflation warning; critics target $27pw cost of living payment

The cost-of-living payment has been criticised for not going far enough.

National MP retires: 'The right time to step aside'

MP who was caught up in the battle between Simon Bridges and Judith Collins calls time.

Robertson's 'narrow path': Govt's billion-dollar 'roll of the dice'

Did Grant Robertson get the balance between spending too much and too little right?

Simon Wilson: Can we stop talking about the 'squeezed middle' now?

The Budget gets quite a lot right, but that doesn't make it great.

Matthew Hooton: $7000 per household - the cost of Govt's Covid vaccine delay

Average household has already forked out around $5500 in extra taxes to help pay for it.

Audrey Young: A lot of money doesn't go far in current crisis

OPINION: Kiwis have not yet been weaned off the Government's Covid teat.

Shane Te Pou: Labour's cost-of-living payment blows National out of the water

OPINION: Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis looked stunned.

Budget 2022: Treasury warns tax increases needed to fund spending

Treasury has warned that inflation will hit the Government's finances.

Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up

Big jump in some price caps for aspiring first home owners - but prices vary nationwide.

Manukau port study, extended fares cuts and funds boost for light rail

Government's Budget contains more than $200m for detailed plans for light rail.

Political Roundup: 'Is that all there is'? - Grant Robertson's conservative Budget for volatile times

ANALYSIS: It's a Budget that will make many people ask 'Is that all there is?'

Pharmac gets big boost in Budget 2022

After major pressure on medicine-buying agency, Pharmac gets huge funding boost.

'Backwards', 'brain drain': Opposition MPs lay into Budget

The Greens have also called for more support to address 'inequality crisis'.

Budget 2022: Nearly $1b to disability sectors and changes to benefits

Benefit changes are expected to lift up to 14,000 more children out of poverty.

Budget 2022: Nearly $3b to education including decile changes and pay parity

It comes as the sector moves away from the decile system.

Budget 2022: Māori initiatives get $1b; Pacific spending includes for Dawn Raids

Health, education, employment, economic development, housing and more in the mix.

Audrey Young: Robertson's Goldilocks Budget - not too little, not too much

But managing expectations around health, will be a challenge, writes Audrey Young.

Budget: The cost of living and what's in it for you

New payments, fuel tax and public transport relief have been extended.