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Geoffrey Miller* Analysis - There are some new clues to be found in the Budget that illustrate the foreign affairs and trade agenda of the Labour government, under new ministers Nanaia Mahuta and Damien OConnor. Perhaps Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahutas real success has been ensuring no cuts have been made to the foreign affairs appropriation. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The headline item and only new spending for Vote Foreign Affairs was a $344 million appropriation to redevelop Scott...

New Zealand spending plan includes rebuilding Antarctic base NICK PERRY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson discusses the annual budget plan with media, economists and other groups in Wellington, New Zealand Thursday, May 20, 2021. New Zealand plans to rebuild its Antarctic base and spend billions more on welfare payments as part of a spending program aimed at lifting the economy out of a coronavirus slump.Nick Perry/APShow More...

The Government increased the benefit by $25 a week last year. From July 1, it will increase by $20 a week, and a second increase will occur again next year, bringing it in line with WEAGs advice. Families and whanau with children will also receive a further $15 per adult per week. It means in total, weekly main benefit rates will increase by between $32 and $55 per adult by April 2022. The Government expects that 109,000 families and whanau with children will be, on average, $175 a week better ...

ANALYSIS: Beneficiaries are the big winners out of the Budget. The losers? The climate, businesses, justice, and SuperGold card holders.

Nick Perry New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson, front right, walks with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, to deliver his budget to parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 20, 2021. New Zealand plans to rebuild its Antarctic base and spend billions more on welfare payments as part of a spending program aimed at lifting the economy out of a coronavirus slump. (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP) May 19, 2021 - 9:57 PM WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) �...

Minister for Infrastructure Increased infrastructure investment will play a critical part in Aotearoa New Zealand’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We will build back better from COVID-19. We have the opportunity to build the houses, schools, hospitals and transport networks our country needs, while adding momentum to our economic recovery,” Grant Robertson said. “Budget 2021 sees a 50 percent increase in the Government’s multi-year capital allowance to maintain momentum around ...

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:15 pm A major redevelopment of Scott Base will create hundreds of jobs while ensuring Aotearoa New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is safeguarded. The redevelopment will bring economic benefits to Aotearoa New Zealand, with 170 jobs involved at the peak of the construction and more than 700 jobs over six years. These jobs will be located predominantly in the Canterbury region, New Zealand’s gateway to Antarctica, and will include design, con...

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:05 pm ChristchurchNZ is delighted the Government confirmed funding in today’s Budget announcement for the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica, New Zealand’s home on the icy continent. Ōtautahi Christchurch is one of only five Antarctic Gateway cities in the world, and the official gateway and logistics hub for several international Antarctic programmes, including Antarctica New Zealand and the United States Antarctic Program. The Scott Base redevelopment pro...

How does the government Budget work and what does that mean for you? In its first unrestrained Budget in a generation, Labour is massively raising benefits in a bid to combat child poverty and boost the economy, and aiming to "right the wrong" of the cost-cutting Mother of All Budgets 30 years ago. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has the winds of a stronger-than-expected economic recovery at his back as he splashes the cash: to beneficiaries, to infrastructure, to health, and to students. Bu...

A long-overdue makeover of Scott Base has received a near-$350m Budget boost - ensuring New Zealand's continued presence on the frozen continent. The new f