Military Spending Prioritised in Budget 2026
Budget 2026 finds billions for combat-ready armed forces while public services, housing, disability support and climate action are told to wait.
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Budget 2026 Fails Māori and Te Tiriti – Greens
Marama Davidson says Budget 2026 makes the Government’s priorities brutally clear: landlords, fossil fuels and military spending before Māori, whānau and taiao.
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Budget 2026: National Fails Final Test – Labour
Barbara Edmonds says Budget 2026 was National’s last chance to prove it had a plan. Instead, families get higher rents, job cuts and more pressure.
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Budget 2026: Billions For Hospitals, Nothing For The Front Door – Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says today’s health Budget is a politically convenient headline built on a structural illusion, and that throwing…
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Budget 2026 Child Poverty Targets at Risk
Treasury’s own numbers show child poverty targets slipping out of reach. The Greens say National has chosen to leave tamariki behind.
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Budget 2026 Māori Funding Cuts: Labour Slams National
Nearly $100 million stripped from Te Puni Kōkiri, no new help for housing, jobs or hauora. Labour says this is Tama Potaka’s Budget legacy.
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National U-turns on Homeschooling Law Changes – Labour
Erica Stanford pushed homeschooling changes through Parliament without consultation. Less than 24 hours later, backlash from families forced National into retreat.
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Government Axes Ministry for the Environment
For 40 years, New Zealand kept a dedicated environmental voice at the heart of government. Luxon has now folded it into a development mega-ministry nobody voted for.
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Failed ETS Auctions Leave $1.4b Debt Hole
Luxon broke confidence in the carbon market. Now, according to the Greens, New Zealanders are carrying another $1.4 billion in debt to cover the failure.
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Bottom Trawling Killed 1,383 Protected Animals
Eight tonnes of coral and sponges. Four endangered Hector’s dolphins. More than 1,000 seabirds. This is the real cost of bottom trawling.
