2015 New Zealand budget

The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2015/16 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Bill English on 21 May 2015.[2] It was the seventh budget English presented as Minister of Finance.

2015 (2015) New Zealand budget
Submitted byBill English
Presented21 May 2015
ParliamentParliament of New Zealand
PartyNational
Total revenueIncrease $71b[1]
Total expendituresIncrease $70.5b[1]
SurplusIncrease $414m[1]
DebtIncrease $60.6b net debt[1]
Decrease 25.1% net debt to GDP[1]
Websitewww.treasury.govt.nz/budget/2015
ǂNumbers in italics are projections.
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2016 

In response to the budget, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little called it a "fiddle-it-round budget, a fudge-it budget", while New Zealand First leader Winston Peters called it a "Split Enz budget – I see red, I see red, I see red".[3]

References

  1. "Budget Economic and Fiscal Update" (PDF). 16 May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. "Budget 2015". New Zealand Treasury. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. "Best quotes from Budget 2015". Stuff. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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