Budget 2025: $212m in cuts to existing business, science and innovation programmes

Budget 2025: $212m in cuts to existing business, science and innovation programmes

The Government will cut $89.8 million in the 2025/26 financial year from its “business, science and innovation” programmes and a total of $212m through to...

Lower science funding so far in 2025

With a circular voronoi diagram, NYT’s the Upshot shows a much slower rate of funding from the National Science Foundation, through May 21. The full cells show the average funding over the past decade up to the same date, and the darker cells show the current funding. It looks like there are four categories with more funding than usual. Everything else is a big cut. In case this view looks familiar, the Upshot used a similar view to show infrast…

Budget 2025: Pacific Ministry faces major cuts, yet new initiatives aim for development

By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News Funding for New Zealand’s Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) is set to be reduced by almost $36 million in Budget 2025. This follows a cut of nearly $26 million in the 2024 budget. As part of these budgetary savings, the Tauola Business Fund will be closed. But, $6.3 million a year will remain to support Pacific economic and business development through the Pacific Business Trust and Pacific Business Village. …