Treasury
Topics
- Budget 2025Quiet since 6 Jun 2025
- Reserve Bank leadership turmoil 2025Quiet since 21 Oct 2025
- Treasury report on Covid-era spendingQuiet since 19 Aug 2025
- Interislander replacement ferries planQuiet since 1 Apr 2025
- Pre-election fiscal update and ACT planOngoing
- Labour and National fiscal plans 2026Ongoing
- Auckland infrastructure investment summit 2025Quiet since 13 Mar 2025
- Israel-Iran conflict and New Zealand responseQuiet since 6 Jul 2025
- GDP contraction and Nicola Willis pressureQuiet since 23 Sep 2025
- New Zealand political polls October 2026Ongoing
- New Zealand property values, late 2026Ongoing
All stories
October 2026
- Green Party releases fiscal plan with increased health spending
+2 - Green Party unveils $6 billion economic development plan
- New Zealand house prices fall as market remains flat
- National releases fiscal plan with no tax cuts next term
+2 - National and Labour neck and neck in latest poll+1
- Labour releases fiscal plan ahead of November election+2
September 2026
- Treasury reduces forecasts for New Zealand house price growth
- Treasury forecasts smaller deficits and less debt in pre-election update+2
- Hipkins pledges to reverse pay equity changes within 100 days
+2 - Winston Peters committed to hosting Pacific Islands Forum without Cabinet approval
July 2026
December 2025
- Government surplus return delayed until 2030 following Treasury update+1
- Government deficit higher than forecast as tax revenue falls
November 2025
October 2025
- Finance Minister rejected advice to remove Reserve Bank governor from board
- Government deficit of $9.3b shows progress, says Nicola Willis
- Government operating deficit reaches $9.3b according to Treasury
- Adrian Orr to receive $400,000 restraint of trade payment
September 2025
- Treasury suggests raising GST to 32 percent and pension age to 72
- Treasury warns current government policies are not sustainable long-term
- Roger Douglas calls for Nicola Willis to resign after GDP slump
- Texts show Treasury warned Nicola Willis about Adrian Orr's departure
August 2025
- Reserve Bank board chair Neil Quigley resigns with immediate effect+1
- Grant Robertson defends Covid-era spending and government experience
- Parliament fire sprinklers at risk of failure, Treasury report says
- Chris Hipkins dismisses Treasury claims of Covid-19 overspending
- Treasury report criticises previous government overspending during Covid-19 pandemic+1
- New Zealand tax settings may require rethinking
June 2025
- Treasury advised against buying rail-enabled Cook Strait ferries
- Nicola Willis rules out fuel subsidies despite rising oil prices
May 2025
- Nicola Willis defends Budget and child poverty targets
- Government releases Budget 2025 focused on economic growth
- Government reallocates savings from pay equity and KiwiSaver reforms+2
- Government faces funding gap ahead of Budget 2025
- Treasury grants accreditation to several groups for Budget lock-up
March 2025
- Winston Peters unveils plan for new Interislander rail ferries+1
- International firms to attend Auckland investment summit
- Government sets aside $300 million for cancelled ferry contracts+4