#New Zealand Initiative

2026 BUDGET - THE SCRIPT AND THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE: HOW A POETRY GRADUATE, A FORMER NATIONAL MINISTER TURNED MEDIA OVERLORD, AND A CANADIAN BILLIONAIRE WITH ANTI-TREATY VIEWS ARE BURNING AOTEAROA TO THE GROUND — AND CALLING IT RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT

While Nicola Willis recites her Atlas Network script and Steven Joyce runs the printing press, 84,000 of our most vulnerable whānau are told to find an extra $31 a week. This is not a budget. This is …

Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern·May 28·23 min read

Budget 2026 at a glance: The big changes, winners and losers - what you need to knowThere’s a health spend-up, a new highway, cuts to government departments and a surplus on the horizon - here’s what you need to know about this year’s Budget.RNZBoris Jancic, Giles Dexter New Zealand Initiative official Beehive ministerial biography PSA has documented in their Atlas Network analysis