Torrential rain continued to lash eastern Australia on Thursday, swelling already engorged rivers, engulfing roads and ...

The Government is increasing funding for private schools in Budget 2025. Associate Minister of Education, Act Party leader David Seymour, said the spending boost would support diversity and choice in ...

The Indian Panthers’ turbulent tenure in the National Basketball League has come to an abrupt end. After being suspended over “sufficiently serious” allegations at the start of the month, the team ...

Reforming pay equity laws and changes to KiwiSaver are among the main features of the Government’s $21 billion in funding cuts in Budget 2025.

Newstalk ZB's Political Editor Jason Walls and Infometrics Chief Executive and Principal Economist Brad Olsen join Matt Heath and Tyler Adams to unpack Bud ...

The Government has had to top up the Corrections Budget by $393 million over four years to cope with a prison population of ...

A sizeable proportion of today's new initiatives are funded through savings made by revamping the pay equity programme.  In ...

Fewer trips to the doctor for repeat prescriptions. The Government's letting prescriptions be filled for a year maximum, ...

In KiwiSaver changes, default employer and employee contributions will rise from three to four percent, phased in over the ...

A big change to unemployment benefits, including Jobseeker cuts for teens. Many unemployed teens who do not study will not be ...

As expected, the Government books remain in the red, with debt creeping higher.  A surplus is not on the cards until 2029 - a ...

Businesses are now able to deduct 20 percent of a new asset's value from that year's taxable income.  It'll apply to assets ...