BUDGET
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): We already know what’s in it, the focus will shift to what’s been cut to pay for it (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Tax relief for the ‘squeezed middle’ - but how much? (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Can Willis beat the bank? (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): What to look out for today in the Government’s finances (paywalled)
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Budget 2024 preview: The numbers to watch (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Six key questions for the Budget
Esther Taunton (Stuff): 5 things to look for in the Budget
Simon Wilson (Herald): Five ways for Nicola Willis to do the right thing (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ special Budget Day tradition revealed
Dennis Wesselbaum (The Conversation): Tax cuts, borrowing and inflation - Nicola Willis has to get the balance right
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Nicola Willis’ Budget challenge will be kindling hope during tough times (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: The great cull of 2024 (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Public sector cuts: Oranga Tamariki spends more than $800k on contractors and consultants on job-cut proposal
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Public service cuts: Full scale to be revealed in Budget 2024
Claire Trevett , Adam Pearse and Julia Gabel (Herald): Finance Minister Nicola Willis to reveal tax cuts; Te Pāti Māori protest descends on Parliament
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Tax cut details to be unveiled
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Budget 2024: What we know so far
Molly Swift (Newshub): What to expect from today's Budget
Emma Hatton (Newsroom): Comparing recent overseas budgets as NZ’s is delivered
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Why the Budget might not have much for the climate
Anna Whyte (Post): Behind the Budget: Unsung heroes behind the ‘operation that never ends’ (paywalled)
RNZ: Human Rights Commission offers staff voluntary redundancy option
Liam Dann (Herald): Inside Economics: Is excessive gloom making the recession worse? Bank profits battle heats up... and all the hot Budget 2024 takes (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): ANZ economists say their latest Business Outlook Survey 'makes for grim reading' but is encouraging for the Reserve Bank in its inflation battle
RNZ: Business sentiment falls ahead of Budget
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'Substance' over style - Finance Minister reveals Budget cover
Adam Pearse (Herald): Finance Minister Nicola Willis unveils cover of Budget document
1News: Budget Day live: Tax experts debate what should be included
Newshub: NZ Budget 2024 live: Govt's 2pm announcement looms, protests underway
Daily Blog: 7pm live tonight: Waatea Budget Night Special hosted by Shane Te Pou with Barbara Edmonds, John Tamihere, Chloe Swarbrick, Matthew Tukaki, Claudette Hauiti, Julian Wilcox, Craig Renney, Cameron Bagrie, David Letele
BUDGET PROTESTS, NATIONAL HUI FOR UNITY
RNZ: Live Budget Day protests: Call for action across Aotearoa
Raphael Franks and Rachel Maher (Herald): Te Pāti Māori protest: Auckland motorways clogged, Parliament staff asked to work from home
Stuff: NZ politics live: Budget day protests underway, sparking traffic delays
Jack McDonald (Post): Māori again prepare to demonstrate the power of protest (paywalled)
Rachel Maher (Herald): Te Pati Māori protest: Parliament staff asked to stay away, disruptions planned across New Zealand
RNZ: Budget Day action: The rules around strikes
Julia Gabel (Herald): Budget Day: Winston Peters takes aim at Te Pāti Māori’s promotion of protests, use of pistol imagery, ‘racial division’
RNZ: Budget protest strike: 'We've had more support than not' from employers - Ngarewa-Packer
Taiha Molyneux (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori: Government using 'scare tactics' to discourage protests on Budget Day
Newshub: Budget Day protests: Police warn of road disruptions amid plans for strike action across New Zealand
Justin Wong (Post): Thousands expected to protest at Parliament on Budget Day (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The Budget is a scapegoat for the protest
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Māori Strike on Budget Day: Shane Jones and Luxon enflame and goad protest
Newshub: AM panel: Merepeka Raukawa-Tait and Michael Barnett clash on planned Budget Day protests
Grant Duncan: Is the NZ Government a "Pākeha Government”?
Newshub: AM hosts react to Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi calling Coalition a 'Pākehā Government'
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): A turning point for Māori activism
Te Aorewa Rolleston (Stuff): Explained: What to expect at the second national hui for unity
CENSUS
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): 12 things we learned from Census 2023
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The five facts you need to know from the first Census results
Molly Swift and Alexa Cook (Newshub): New Zealand's population is ageing and diversifying, Census data finds
Julia Gabel and Chris Knox (Herald): Census 2023 results: ‘Transformative shift’ as 20 per cent of New Zealanders of Māori descent
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Nō whea koe? One in five New Zealanders now Māori - Census
Kate Newton (RNZ): Census 2023 data: What the first results reveal
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): What the Census tells us about the Māori population
Cushla Norman (1News): Nearly one million identify as being of Māori descent – Census 2023
Isaac Gunson and Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Māori population hit 978,246 in 2023, almost 20 per cent of New Zealand
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Census reveals nearly one in five claim Māori descent
RNZ: Asian communities leading New Zealand's population growth
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Why counting Māori became so important to iwi
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Māori data in 2023 Census worth $2.4 billion in investments
Greg Ninness (Interest): Latest Census data shows housing supply outstripped population growth between 2018 and 2023
Felix Walton (RNZ): Thousands of residents leave Auckland's central suburbs - census
Erin Gourley (Post): Wellington only city not growing, census reveals (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Growth diverges in South (paywalled)
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