Home / New ZealandCherie HowieReporter·NZ Herald·26 May, 2026 09:52 PM2 mins to read‌What is the Budget? Video / NZ HeraldThe Government should have gone “harder, sooner” on public sector cuts, former Finance Minister Steven Joyce says.

But the National-led Government was probably constrained by the coalition arrangement, Joyce, who held several senior ministerial roles including finance, infrastructure and economic development in the Sir John Key and Sir Bill English

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