Ministers Seymour and Penk overturned the Overseas Investment Office’s advice not to sell three South Otago dairy farms to foreign investors.
Opposition parties question how much National will make from tax on foreign property buyers.
Reduction in consultant spend, climate dividends, foreign buyer tax and user-pays immigration levies among measures to pay for cuts.
Revenues rise as city rebounds from Covid, but Council still wants central govt to foot the bill for early 2023 storms.
National leader reckons NZ needs to find its mojo again and hustle for business on the world stage.
Governing Interest: Straightforward political divide emerges over light rail project – right wanting it scrapped, left wanting it extended.
Grant Robertson says the Government is doing its bit to nudge inflation down faster.
He says a coalition with the Greens and Te Pāti Māori would provide a stable, progressive government.
Contentious water reforms now law but National has pledged to repeal the legislation.
Governing Interest: But both groups agree the Employment Relations Authority should be better resourced.