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'Very boring': Finance Minister says details will come regarding billion dollar pre-Budget allocation

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 8 Jun 2026, 6:44pm
Finance Minister Nicola Willis during a media conference after the reading of Budget 2026 in the House, Parliament, Wellington, New Zealand, May 28, 2026. Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell
Finance Minister Nicola Willis during a media conference after the reading of Budget 2026 in the House, Parliament, Wellington, New Zealand, May 28, 2026. Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell

'Very boring': Finance Minister says details will come regarding billion dollar pre-Budget allocation

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 8 Jun 2026, 6:44pm

The Finance Minister is promising more detail is coming regarding a billion dollar pre-Budget allocation.

The funding's been labelled 'secret spending' by Labour.

Nicola Willis says this reflects the Government's provision for a potential capital to operating forecast change in transport spend - that can be subject to future decisions.

"That is literally what it is, and we will be taking policy decisions on that over the next few weeks and months." 

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