Chelsea DanielsThe Front Page podcast host·NZ Herald·27 May, 2026 05:00 AM4 mins to readToday on The Front Page, University of Otago Honorary Research Fellow, Dr Michael Swanson, is with us for a pre-Budget 2026 chat.Energy security. Financial security. International security. Social cohesion.These are the Government’s priorities for Budget 2026 that Prime Minister Christopher Luxon laid out this month while delivering a pre-Budget speech in Auckland.
In a more volatile world, he emphasised that New Zealanders have faced similar challenges in the past
