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Budget gambles on growth
Every Budget is a juggle.
Opinion
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
What looks like thrift risks exacting great cost
What looks like thrift risks exacting great cost
This year’s Budget was pitched as prudent and responsible, not a lolly scramble.
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We were born to run outside to escape from Highway 29
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We were born to run outside to escape from Highway 29
The tea towel, the glistening pint glass and the hands holding both fell still.
Govt has fewer options when back against wall
A govt has fewer options when its back's against the wall
Ever since I helped write Bill Birch’s Budget speech 30 years ago, I love Budget Day - the most exciting day of the year for an economics and politics nut like me.
Significant healthcare issues unaddressed
Significant healthcare issues unaddressed
We have a health system under pressure.
Growth in the wrong places for education
Growth in the wrong places for education
Minister of Finance Nicola Willis called it the "Growth Budget". But it is not a Budget that we think will foster children’s growth and learning.
SMEs may need extra support
SMEs may need extra support
For Southland’s business community, particularly SMEs, the Budget presents a mix of opportunities and challenges, writes Sheree Carey.
Trump’s tariff flames lick at incentives
Trump’s tariff flames lick at incentives
You will not see the name Donald Trump anywhere in the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update, but the United States president looms large over the financial predictions contained within.
Budget 2025: Firms given get-fit regime
Firms given get-fit regime
In her "Growth Budget", Nicola Willis has sent the country’s businesses to the gym for a workout.
Smoke rising for the American empire
Smoke rising for the American empire
Donald Trump and Nero have, worryingly, much in common, William J Dominik writes.
China’s rise: stabilising the global order or sparking a major shake-up?
China’s rise: stabilising the global order or sparking a major shake-up?
Where to next for China and the world, asks Mercy Mikaele Fonoti.
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Debate deferred but not defused
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Debate deferred but not defused
Tuesday's expected parliamentary stoush over the controversial Privileges Committee report recommending harsh punishments for three Te Pāti Māori members of Parliament was a damp squib.
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New liner visits port
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New liner visits port
The New Zealand Shipping Co’s new steamer Tongariro, which berthed at Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon to discharge 1300 tons of general cargo and to load 600 bales of wool, is a powerful carrier...
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
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Cartoonist's view — Yeo
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
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Letters to the Editor: rates, flats and politics
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Letters to the Editor: rates, flats and politics
Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the DCC's nine-year plan, how insulation in flats has improved, and a dangerous and deceitful government.
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Musings by someone not known as Joe
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Musings by someone not known as Joe
Word of the week — mononymous.
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A vision of the future
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A vision of the future
"I have lately been privileged to witness two demonstrations of television, or seeing by wireless (or wires)," says Rados in an English exchange.
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Can Ukraine survive Trump’s input?
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Can Ukraine survive Trump’s input?
We are getting very close to the point where Donald Trump realises that his dear friend Vladimir Putin has been playing him for a fool.
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Talking around the issues without the complete picture
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Talking around the issues without the complete picture
If Andrea Vance in The Sunday Star Times had wanted to bring the media into increased disrepute she could not have done a better job than her contribution in that paper on May 11.