Budget 2025: Health, education and defence
Budget 2025 allocates $6.8b of capital expenditure for hospitals, schools, rail and roads, and defence hardware and infrastructure. In health, just under $6b will fund hospital and specialist services and expand urgent and after-hours healthcare. An $886m education package supports children with additional learning needs, strengthens school attendance, and funds maths intervention teachers and maths […]
Health and education
The Budget allocates $3.4b for hospital and specialist services and $2.1b for primary care, community and public health through Health New Zealand. $1.77b is allocated to Pharmac. The free breast screening programme for women aged 45 –69 will be extended to include women up to the age of 74. The Gumboot Friday initiative will receive […]
