Budget 2026 introduces a range of fiscal measures, including a new bank levy, charity tax changes, and a $450m fuel contingency fund, while allocating major new spending to health and infrastructure, though seniors express disappointment over targeted fund use.
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So the big business news locally is that two New Zealand-owned banks intend to merge. Heartland Bank has announced a conditional agreement to buy TSB for six hundred and twenty million dollars, which would create the TSB Heartland Bank. Kent Duston is the banking reform coalition convener in with us.
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opposition-led push for financial regulation
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