Budget 2026 Fails Māori-led Solutions
The Government says Budget 2026 is responsible. Hāpai Te Hauora says whānau are still being asked to pay the price.
Budget 2026
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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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Plunket Funding Promise Forgotten in Budget 26
They promised to fund Plunket properly. Then Budget 26 arrived, and the nurses caring for our newborn babies were left waiting again.
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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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The Bradbury Group: Marama Davidson And Mike Smith
Marama Davidson, Mike Smith, John Tamihere, Matthew Hooton and Matthew Tukaki walk into The Bradbury Group. New Zealand politics may not survive the hour.
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AI Is Already Damaging Beneficiaries In NZ
First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.
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Budget 2026 Disinvestment Hits Whānau Hard
This is what austerity looks like when it puts on a suit. Whānau struggle, community groups carry the load, and the Government calls it responsibility.
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Budget 2026 Care Crisis While Defence Gets Billions
The Government calls this security. Care workers call it poverty wages, broken cars, impossible rent and another Budget that tells them they do not matter.
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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.
