The fiscal update forecasts the budget deficit will widen to around 12.1 billion New Zealand dollars, equivalent to US$7.2 billion, in fiscal 2026, up from a deficit of NZ$10.1 billion in fiscal 2025.

The New Zealand government warned Thursday further near-term budget deterioration with the country’s nascent economic recovery at risk from a slowdown in world growth and the potential for ongoing ...

Tonga's 'Aisake Eke Government has produced its first budget, pumping up spending by more than 10 percent compared with last year. It has some key elements that differ from previous years, such as an ...

New Zealand’s government forecast a narrower budget deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, as it focused on fiscal prudence even as the global tariff war is expected to dampen the ...

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Australia and New Zealand, according to a chorus of doomsayers, are both in terminal decline as productivity falls, living ...

A pair of fresh polls paints a different scene for New Zealand's right-wing government, with one showing a second term, and ...

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today released a report with detailed analysis of Budget 2025. It covers the major decisions made at this Budget, and how they might affect ...

New Zealand is running a structural budget deficit. That means the government is spending more than it earns, even accounting for the fact that governments automatically spend more and tax less in ...