'Immediate Pain, Cuts and No Plan': Opposition Attacks Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Labour not saying what it would keep or cut from Nicola Willis’ Budget

Labour isn’t yet saying what the party does and doesn’t support after the release of the Government’s Budget. Leader Chris Hipkins and finance spokeswoman...

Budget 2026: Chris Hipkins outlines what Labour would have done differently

Labour leader Chris Hipkins is not impressed by the Budget.

'Immediate pain, cuts and no plan': Opposition attacks Budget 2026

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the government has failed to show it understands how tough it is out there for New Zealanders.

Labour: ‘Budget leaves Kiwis to fend for themselves’

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins. File photo supplied Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says this year’s Budget was the Government’s last chance to show it had a plan to help New Zealanders get ahead “and they have failed”. “[Finance Minister] Nicola Willis has given New Zealanders nothing to ease the pressure they are under. “Instead of helping struggling New Zealanders, [Prime Minister] Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis chose to make lives …

The Death-by-a-thousand-cuts Budget 26

The Government has taken $780million out of the pockets of the poorest Kiwi so right wing vanity projects can occur...