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26 Mar 19
New Zealand is launching a royal commission to investigate the 15 March attack on two mosques in Christchurch in which 50 people were killed.
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19 Feb 19
New Zealand plans to update its laws to tax revenues earned by huge digital firms, in line with international efforts to make multinational tech companies pay fair taxes.
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20 Nov 18
New Zealand’s wellbeing budget has the potential to bring greater coherence and formality to the reporting of outcomes, says emeritus chair of CIPFA International Ian Ball.
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14 Sep 18
New Zealand’s government is seeking public opinions on its proposal to embed a focus on wellbeing in its law governing how the country’s finances are managed.
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29 May 18
New Zealand will transform the way its public sector works together when it brings in the world’s first ‘wellbeing budget’, a Treasury official has told PF International.
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23 May 18
The European Union has given green light to start free trade deals with Australia and New Zealand.
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18 May 18
The New Zealand coalition has delivered a big boost for public services in its first budget, including NZ$3.2bn extra for health services and a new state housing programme.
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9 May 18
New Zealand will boost its overseas development spending by NZ$714.2m to respond to global emergencies and issues.
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24 Oct 17
The currency of New Zealand has hit a five-month low after the new Labour-led government set out new policies.
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20 Oct 17
New Zealand’s new Labour-led government has pledged to reject proposed tax cuts and reinvest the money into “core” public services.
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13 Oct 17
New Zealand has delivered a third fiscal surplus, worth NZ$4.1bn (£2.22bn), but this “should be interpreted with caution”, the country’s finance minister has said.
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23 May 16
New Zealand’s Local Government Funding Agency has shown how local authorities can come together to lower borrowing costs and achieve an increased profile with central government
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11 Jan 16
Housing construction has hit an all-time high in New Zealand thanks to the government’s housing policies, the country’s building and housing and environment minister has declared.
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10 Dec 15
All-of-Government procurement contracts will save New Zealand an estimated NZ$699m, almost NZ$300m more than previously forecast, Steven Joyce, the country’s minister for economic development,...
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19 Oct 15
The New Zealand government has posted a budget surplus for the first time since 2008, fulfilling the governing National Party’s 2011 pledge to balance the books in the 2014/15 financial year.
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23 Jun 15
New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours but the amount of aid it provides lags behind other donors that sit on the OECD’s development assistance committee (...
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27 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacificyou might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.