Articles

  • 1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Kate Newton

    Child poverty rates will barely shift in the coming years, the latest Treasury forecasts show. The new forecasts, which include some of the effects of Thursday's government Budget, showed no statistically significant change, a report published by finance minister Nicola Willis' office said. Since 2018, the government has had to report on progress towards child poverty targets and whether the Budget will help to address child poverty rates.

  • 1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Kate Newton

    Child poverty rates will barely shift in the coming years, the latest Treasury forecasts show. The new forecasts, which include some of the effects of Thursday's government Budget, showed no statistically significant change, a report published by finance minister Nicola Willis' office said. Since 2018, the government has had to report on progress towards child poverty targets and whether the Budget will help to address child poverty rates.

  • 2 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Kate Newton

    Think Budget Day is just for the economists, the politicians and the journalists? Budget Day is also for you. Every time you drive on a state highway, send your child off to school for the day, or head to an emergency department, those services are being funded from the government's Budget - which in turn is being funded by taxes paid by millions of New Zealanders.

  • 2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Kate Newton

    Think Budget Day is just for the economists, the politicians and the journalists? Budget Day is also for you. Every time you drive on a state highway, send your child off to school for the day, or head to an emergency department, those services are being funded from the government's Budget - which in turn is being funded by taxes paid by millions of New Zealanders.

  • 3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Kate Newton

    Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Tracking what one of New Zealand's most vulnerable seabird species gets up to on the other side of the Pacific may help answer the question of why so many fledglings never return, a veteran researcher says.