Budget 2025 at a glance

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COST OF LIVING:

• 12-month prescriptions put money in patients' pockets

• Backing for food banks extended

• Increased support for families

• Rates relief for up to 66,000 more SuperGold cardholders

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FRONTLINE SERVICES:

• $161 million school property growth plan for Canterbury

• $266 Million to Expand Early Intervention and Clear Waitlists for Children with Additional Needs

• Extra maths help for students who need it

• Improving care for disabled New Zealanders

• Investing in local journalism

• Investing in care system and improving redress for survivors of abuse in state care

• Largest boost to Learning Support in a generation

• Mental distress 111 calls to get a mental health response

• More funding to cut court case backlogs

• More Police funding to improve public safety​

• More staff, better prisons to keep public safe

• New and improved urgent and after-hours healthcare

• Record investment in health delivery

• Social investment fund to help vulnerable Kiwis

• Supercharging science to inspire next generation

• Supporting more tamariki Māori to flourish

• Supporting safer communities with Māori Wardens

• Tackling New Zealand's rising tax debt

• Tertiary study subsidy boost in priority subject
   

INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE:

• Billion-dollar investment in hospitals

• Funding boost for post-Cyclone local road recovery

• Investing in infrastructure for all New Zealanders

• Upgrades to improve rail reliability

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LIFTING ECONOMIC GROWTH:

• $577 million to support file and TV production

• A responsible Budget to secure NZ's future

• Growing the economy to help Kiwis get ahead

• Invest New Zealand: backing growth through global investment

• Investment boost: tax incentives to lift growth

• KiwiSaver changes to encourage savings

• Parents to step up for unemployed teenagers

• Tax changes to promote growth
   

SECURITY AND RESILIENCE:

• National security brings economic benefits

• New helicopters a commitment to global security

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SOCIAL INVESTMENT:

• Delivering the right houses in the right place, for the right people

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LINKS TO OTHER INFORMATION:

• Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2025

•  Budget Policy Statement 2025 

• Fiscal Strategy Report 2025