Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nicola Willis full speech and Q&A | RNZ

1) A society is judged on how it treats its most vulnerable. 2) NZ already has 130,000 households in energy poverty. The proposed $15 per month increase in electricity bills will push more households into energy poverty. The budget did nothing. 3) Foodbanks in 2023 in NZ fed 480,000 people per month. Equivalent to the population of NZ per year. The budget did nothing. 4) Rent to income ratios in NZ rank as some of the highest in the world. The budget did nothing.

I find it a little concerning that the mister did not mention farming or agriculture once. Especially since it is our largest industry and export by some margin

They are not tightening there belts they still get paid higher than 95% of New Zealanders

Its never fun having to tell your kids to put something back at the supermarket, the government has done an awesome job at giving us all this message.

The Government should put strategies in place to protect all citizens against medical fraudsters whom only serve themselves and not those with disabilities and long term health issues. This whole sector does not work for the good of new Zealand citizens.

What does 4.50 a week do for my mother nothing.

BRAVO NIKOLA AND UR PARTENERS IN PREPARING SUCH A GOOD BALANCED BUDGET!!!!! ITS NOT GOING TO PLEASE EVERYONE BUT THOSE WHO ARE AWARE OF THE MESS LEFT BY LABOUR GOVT. SMILE &PROD ON,!!!!!

Look! Im welloff and dont need tax cut. I love to pay tax. I do. Shouldnt cut the tax. I dont need help from nobody. I vote Green to have clean air and a healthy life . Go Green!❤

I'm Maori recently i was in America for a few weeks what i notice in many African Americans we met saying a big priority was to put their children through education and to high professional careers like lawyers and to be Doctors my sister and i were very impressed we notice black international pilots stay at the 5 star hotel we stayed at also there were many beautiful dressed African Americans that was in Houston Texas and Memphis i was so proud of that race and i thought when i get home i tell my daughter as these Americans have to pay for their education as my daughter lets her children stay at home they have free education here in nz but no they think they are hard done by my daughter just example she needs a good kick up the arse as not many of us Maoris has suffered like the stories i've heard from these African Americans and yet they stride to get to a better place in life Once i used to think us Maoris were hard done by but we not we need to get this we have equal opportunity to get educated first and know we can become what ever we want to be as look at the majority of African Americans they pretty much know even if they are in prejudice surroundings they still believe in education as a top priority and i can see their point us Maoris need to do the same.

que for the highest homeless numbers ever.

Oh my goodness. Has she put on weight. In only 6 months. Stress eating. I'm sure. 1st budget has had it costs . Borrowing over 10 billion to pay for hand outs for voting them in. Truth hurts

Where can we view the slides?

Getting sick of these mother of all budgets . Is this Ruth twin 😃

Thank God we have a govt that is fiscally responsible! The minister for education and the finance minister are just so competent!

to lie to us about the 13 cancer drugs is appalling, i would expect that from Labour.

Yay National Voters we are about to enjoy the fruits of our Labour 😊

Great stuff. Devoting 66% of the budget to core services of Health, Education and Justice, with a focus on front-line services, means that spending is now prioritised where it is needed most. Better education, better healthcare, less crime - sounds good to me.

Pittance to paupers budget

‘Dawn of a new age’; disciplined spending and staying the course. Brilliant budget!

Im off to OZ fts