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May 23, 2025
We have been handed a long and protracted recession with few signs of growth and prosperity. Budget 2025 signals more of the same, writes Susan St John. ANALYSIS: By Susan St John With the coalition government’s second Budget being unveiled, we should question where New Zealand is heading. The 2024 Budget laid out the strategy. ... <a title="Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/govt-should-defuse-nzs-social-timebomb-but-wont/" aria-label="Read more about Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles and stated ambitions? These are some of the questions being asked on the political left, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government looks determined to stand by while social problems continue ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/bryce-edwards-arderns-labour-government-stands-by-as-nz-social-problems-worsen/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen">Read more</a>
