Editorial: Six weeks ago, the Prime Minister was in no mood to offer encouragement to those who thought…

1. Council cuts to road-sealing budget riles residents

1. Cartoon: The Budget

There's much about politics that's stupid but nothing beats Budget Day. It's a day when ordinarily sane people spout nonsense…

1. Rodney Hide: Week of horror for National (87 comments)

This week's Budget was notable for its carefully telegraphed surpluses and the relatively moderate election sweeteners included…

1. Bernard Hickey: City too thin for comfort (101 comments)

When the Prime Minister is on top of his game - as he was at yesterday's post Budget luncheon - he is…

1. Fran O'Sullivan: Left stewing at poached policy (96 comments)

When it comes to searching for the inhabitants of that land otherwise described by politicians in Tolkien-sounding fashion…

1. John Armstrong: Budget 2014 - The Great Brain Robbery (93 comments)

The Government should not be one of the risks businesses have to manage, says Finance Minster Bill English.

1. Budget boosts fight for kauri

Nearly every general practice is expected to sign up to the Government's new zero fees for under-13s regime

1. Budget ignores child poverty, says expert

John Key and Bill English both know it is not the surplus that really matters, it is the debt they have accumulated, writes…

1. John Roughan: Hard to see conflict of interest (75 comments)

Does this year's Budget represent 'communism by stealth' as some on the political right would have it…

1. Bryce Edwards: A nasty scandalmongering election campaign (93 comments)

Chants of "John Key's a millionaire, that's why he doesn't care" and, "One, two, three, four, stop the war on the poor"…

1. Building firms fume over axing of duties on imported materials

A surplus is much more than a figure, however. It is a symbol of fiscal discipline, writes John Armstrong. It is something…

1. Budget 2014: What it means to you

Join us at 12.00pm today and put your Budget 2014 questions to KPMG's Head of Tax, Paul Dunne.

1. video Bill English defends Budget 2014 (3:42)

Spending on early childhood education and schools is to top $10 billion a year - but is not enough to avoid parents paying…

The bill for fixing up struggling KiwiRail has topped the $1 billion mark, with more than half of that…

Aspiring first-home buyers looking for a leg-up into the property market in yesterday's Budget had little to cheer about…

1. video Budget 2014: English 'return to surplus' (3:49)

Police officers have warned "something will break" if their budget is squeezed any further after the Government sliced a…

1. Budget 2014: What's in it for us?

Finance Minister Bill English has delivered a Budget that's the equivalent of socks for Christmas.

1. Ten things you need to know about Budget 2014

The Government is putting another $100 million into getting beneficiaries such as solo parents and the sick into work and…

As the New Zealand and Australian Governments hand down Budgets within days of each other, the striking…

1. Your top five at five

Auckland mother Catherine Nola feels extending paid parental leave to 18 weeks is a step in the right direction, but says…

1. Budget 2014: Police budget frozen

National's extended paid parental leave scheme lifts New Zealand almost to the average for developed countries - but qualifying…

1. Cathy Odgers: If this Budget is centre-right, what would the left hatch? (15 comments)

Tertiary student Chris Wiggins was hoping for a boost for transport in the Budget - and was happy with what was announced…

1. Budget 2014: 10 things you need to know

Auckland motorways have been paved with gold in the Budget, while not an extra cent has gone to public transport.

1. Back in black - now to tackle debt

A child health expert has hailed the policy to extend free GP visits and prescriptions to all children…

1. video Budget 2014: Brian Fallow's analysis (1:27)

We're conned every day of the week. Sometimes it's perfectly legal - such as the salesman on your doorstep, or the gushing…

1. Diana Clement: Foreign-exchange risk poorly understood (2 comments)

1. Inside Money: Do we have to say goodbye to retiring at 65? (127 comments)

1. What women want - when it comes to money