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Political week: Political groundwork rather than 'whizz bangs' the hallmark of Budget 2016

Economic and fiscal management is not a branch of the entertainment industry. With special feature audio.

Fri, 27 May 2016

“We could have whizz-banged you,” Associate Finance Minister Paula Bennett told the Grant Thornton-NBR post-budget breakfast in Wellington.

But despite the big build up of expectations to Budget 2016, the government opted for a budget which was a large number of small measures.

That approach has

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