Science Funding Decline Exposed in Budget 2026
New Zealand says it wants productivity, innovation and growth. Then Budget 2026 leaves science funding sliding toward half the level researchers say we need.
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Govt Misled Mothers on Postnatal Stays: Labour
New mothers were told three-day postnatal stays were here. Labour says the Government’s own plan shows many will wait years.
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Budget 2026 Child Poverty Failure: CPAG
The Government lowered its child poverty bar and Budget 2026 still cannot clear it. Now public housing families are being asked to pay more.
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Budget 2026 Offers Little Relief for Children in Poverty
Save the Children says Budget 2026 offers little comfort to families choosing between heating, fuel and food, while young people face fewer opportunities.
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Budget 2026 Fails Climate and Fuel Crises
Greenpeace says Budget 2026 repairs roads wrecked by climate change while refusing to cut the pollution causing the damage. That is not a plan.
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Chlöe Swarbrick Budget Speech 2026: No Plan
Chlöe Swarbrick calls Budget 2026 austerity in slow motion: a country made poorer while corporations profit and public services are left to crumble.
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National Reopens NZ Nuclear-Free Policy Debate
New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance helped define us as an independent country. Chris Hipkins says National should stop hinting it is up for negotiation.
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Budget 2026 and the Managed Decline of New Zealand
The Alliance Party says Budget 2026 is managed decline in spreadsheet form: cuts to public services, more militarisation and nothing for working people.
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Budget 2026 Leaves Pasifika Behind – Greens
Teanau Tuiono says Budget 2026 makes the Government’s priorities brutally clear: Pasifika wellbeing is cut while landlords, fossil fuels and military spending win.
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Budget 2026 Austerity Is a Misery Budget
Workers First says Budget 2026 is a misery Budget: a crumbling house with fresh paint, built on cuts to students, women, disabled people and public servants.
