The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2015/16 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Bill English on 21 May 2015.[2] It was the seventh budget English presented as Minister of Finance.
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| Submitted by | Bill English |
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| Presented | 21 May 2015 |
| Parliament | Parliament of New Zealand |
| Party | National |
| Total revenue |  $71b[1] |
| Total expenditures | $70.5b[1] |
| Surplus | $414m[1] |
| Debt | $60.6b net debt[1] 25.1% net debt to GDP[1] |
| Website | www |
| ǂNumbers in italics are projections.
‹ 2014 2016› | |
In response to the budget, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little called it a "fiddle-it-round budget, a fudge-it budget", while New Zealand First leader Winston Peters called it a "Split Enz budget – I see red, I see red, I see red".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Budget Economic and Fiscal Update" (PDF). 16 May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Budget 2015". New Zealand Treasury. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Best quotes from Budget 2015". Stuff. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2021.