The Budget 2026 includes targeted infrastructure and growth funding for the South Island, though local leaders argue it falls short of addressing housing, tourism, and regional development needs.
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Went to field days for two days, uh, which I do, and it was brilliant. I mean, the appearance. Yeah, I mean, we just had um a record growth in our primary industry exports from 60 to 64 billion, so they're up about nine percent. But the amazing people haven't quite clocked this, but our exports are up, I think ten billion over the last year, 20 billion since we came to power. We're on track for doubling exports. It's the primary industries, yes, they're up nine percent, but our services, which is about 30% of our exports are up ten per cent. Tourism's up nine and a half, international education is up 11 and a half. So actually, there's really good growth happening across the place, and for the first time in five years, we're selling we're exporting more than we're importing. Uh and in April, in the middle of a fuel crisis, we had the biggest uh trade um surplus we've ever had. The two billion dollars.
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