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NZ budget 2018: gains for health, housing and education in fiscally conservative budget

  • Written by Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
NZ budget 2018: gains for health, housing and education in fiscally conservative budgetFinance minister Grant Robertson delivering his first budget.CC BY-SA

Finance minister Grant Robertson had to achieve two contradictory aims when he announced the budget today: correct “nine years of neglect”, especially in health and education, and also produce a surplus and pay off public debt.

He has more or less succeeded, partly...

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