The central bank had asked for more than $1b over the five-year funding period.
We can’t keep planting forests forever, says Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
They have a real sense of desperation, Richard Wagstaff says.
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says NZGIF was not delivering results.
It will make NZ’s economic recovery harder, says Finance Minister Nicola Willis.
The problem with the RMA is too many people have a say, Simon Court says.
PM says new spending is the floor, not the ceiling, of Defence Force funding.
The Auditor-General’s Office has identified the largest, single instance of unappropriated spending it has ever seen in the government's accounts.
The Workplace Relations and Safety Minister says she's reduced work safety compliance costs to focus on what matters – reducing deaths and serious injuries.
Trade Minister Todd McClay does not understand where US President Donald Trump has got his numbers from; Trump claimed NZ imposed 20% tariffs on American imports.