PremiumOpinionOpinion byFran O'SullivanHead of Business·NZ Herald·29 May, 2026 09:00 PM6 mins to readHead of Business, NZMEThe Finance Minister joins the show live from the post-Budget breakfast in Wellington. Video/Ryan Bridge TODAYNicola Willis’ third Budget positions her as a fiscal disciplinarian rather than a revolutionary.The Finance Minister has slowed the Cabinet’s appetite for government spending. She’s shrinking the state’s waistline and progressively cutting back on the bureaucrats.But that just delays a reckoning.
The Budget’s operating allowance has been slashed
