“New Zealanders were promised cost of living help, tax cuts, less inflation, better healthcare. Instead we see the return of smoking, more gambling, no new cancer drugs, and no new initiatives for Māori. This is a budget of broken promises,' Labour Leader .
“For all the Government’s hot air about Budget ‘24, they forgot about the fundamental thing that upholds it all - the environment,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for the Environment, Lan Pham.
The coalition Government is only hours away from unveiling Budget 2024 and many will be waiting to hear Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ much-anticipated pl