Three Waters cost blowout expected to hit $1 billion in ‘mega-bureaucracy’
Taxpayers, and potentially ratepayers, will foot $1 billion cost overrun for water reform. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Home ownership: Labour Government’s $400m Progressive Home Ownership scheme under pressure over targets and priorities
Pushing for targets the $400m shared equity home scheme under fire over priorities. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Three Waters: New mechanism for local control in reforms deemed diluted
There are more tweaks to the Government's water reforms in the new bill. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Department of Conservation tackles budget shortfall with a half-million-dollar spend on consultants
Budget shortfall prompts the Department of Conservation to call in the consultants Source: NZ Herald Business News
Commerce Commission’s reach into grocery fuelled by new money and staff
Unprecedented interest likely in Commerce Commission’s grocery watchdog patrol. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Budget 2023: Scrapped car scheme skids out of favour, costs Kiwis $46m
OPINION: The Government's 'scrap and replace' budgeting came at a sunk cost of $46m. Source: NZ Herald Business News
No such thing as a free lunch? Cost of free school lunches a hungry hole in Budget 2023
Covid money funded free school lunches, now the chicken (wraps) are coming home to roost. Source: NZ Herald Business News
The $21m-plus cost of the Government’s shelved Income Insurance Scheme
A trail of redundancies and contractor termination costs follow in its wake. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Nanaia Mahuta’s husband Gannin Ormsby fails in bid for formal apology over terminated DoC contracts
Gannin Ormsby failed to win apology over terminated contract. Source: NZ Herald Business News
New Māori Health Authority spending over $1 million a month on consultants and contractors
What the doctor ordered? A $9m bill for outside help at Māori Health Authority Source: NZ Herald Business News