Jenée Tibshraeny: Willis delivers 'true blue' Budget

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Jenée Tibshraeny: Willis delivers 'true blue' Budget

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has put a “true blue” stamp on Budget 2025. She is unapologetically doing what the National-led Government was elected to do –...

Budget 2025 – full text of Willis’ speech

Mr Speaker, I move that the Appropriation (2025/26 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time. Ahumairangi, Tangi Te Keo, tū te ao tū te pō. Te Whanganui-a-Tara, te karu waitai, piata mai nā. Kei oku nui kei aku rahi, nōku te hōnore ki te whakamaunu i te tahua mō te tau nei, tēnā koutou katoa. Mr Speaker, As I said in te reo Māori, it is an honour to announce this year’s Budget. This is a responsible Budget to secure New Zealand’s future. It supp…