Budget 2025: What happened to New Zealand aid?

terence

Hi and welcome to an NZADDs update,

It was mid-afternoon on an otherwise pleasant Wellington day when the emails started to arrive. “What’s happening to the aid budget?” “The aid budget’s collapsing!” “Is climate finance going up or down, or both?” “Look out! Fiscal cliff!!!”.

Luckily, I had prepared. Bracing myself for a vexing afternoon of trawling through budget documents, I had already drunken several stout camomile teas and had put an Enya CD on. I was frustrated, but calm.

So, what’s going to happen to New Zealand government aid?

Read more here: https://terencew.substack.com/p/budget-2025-what-on-earth-happened