The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2015/16 was presented to the New Zealand
House of Representatives
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by
Finance Minister
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Bill English
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on 21 May 2015.
It was the seventh budget English presented as Minister of Finance.
In response to the budget,
Leader of the Opposition
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Andrew Little called it a "fiddle-it-round budget, a fudge-it budget", while
New Zealand First
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leader
Winston Peters
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called it a "
Split Enz
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budget –
I see red, I see red, I see red".
References
External links
New Zealand Treasury - Budget 2015''New Zealand Herald'' - Budget 2015
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Budget, 2015
New Zealand budgets
New Zealand budget
The New Zealand Budget is an annual statement by the New Zealand Government that outlines of the nation's revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year and expectations for the next one. It is prepared by the New Zealand Treasury for the ...
May 2015 events in New Zealand