Budget 2024

In the weekend thousands marched in Wellington in response to $1.22 Billion cuts to public services and “mass transfer of wealth” from the public to private sectors.

Researchers at the James Henare Research Centre are drafting a response to the Minister of Finance's comment on ethnicity.

Research assistant Celia Karl and Professor Matt Roskruge of Te Au Rangahau analyse the budget.

Best described as a 'back to basics' budget - Professor Matt Roskruge.

Introduced by the Labour government in 2018 the first year of university was fees free but today’s budget flipped it to the last year.

Te Matatini and Whānau Ora are the only two recipients of new funding in the Māori Affairs sector, as Te Pūni Kōkiri/Māori Development Ministry faces $18 million of cuts.

Muriwhenua ki Murihiku, kua kapia katoa te motu i te tini ngerongero e whakahē ana i ngā mahi a te kāwanatanga

Matiu Rei wants the budget to take the financial burden off purchasing groceries, public transport, and the health care system in Aotearoa.

Shane Reti hasn't issued a single media release in a month.

The organisers of Thursday's Toitū Te Tiriti protest are calling for people to "go on strike" in support of the nationwide protests set for Budget day.