Nicola Willis
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Sep 29, 2026
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
There is a lot of better news, but there is still a lot of debt.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Finance Minister, National Party Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis after five.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Then Barbara Edmonds, Labour Party Finance Spokesperson after 5.30. Q Lei Wong on the five bottom lines set out today by Opportunity.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
And the Barretts, all three of them, are back in the All Blacks.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
What it's done is today should be about the pre-foo and us holding the finance minister's feet to the fire and why she is still taking on more debt and why she's still trying to sell us a set of figures that are based on, quote, heroic assumptions and basically ignore the price of oil and the bond yields as they currently are.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
But instead of us doing that, Chippy has gone and inserted himself into the conversation.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
And instead of all that conversation we should be having with Nicola Willis, what I'm now personally much more interested in is where is Labour? going to find apparently $13 billion to fund the pay equity promise.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Because I don't know if you've seen what's going on in the preview, and we will discuss that with Nicola, but even though it's much rosier than it was four months ago, we are still borrowing as a country for the next three to four years.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Yeah.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
I wonder if the clue was in something that Mike just said, though, Morris, which is she is banking on a surplus in 2930, which is a year later than Nicola is saying.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
And so whatever money Nicola has already got that $4 billion in surplus, Barbara can use that, right? So there's a bit of cash.
Maurice WilliamsonGUEST
Yes, but again, you're talking of they've made a whole lot of commitments to a whole lot of people about a whole lot of things, backed off some of those that would be bringing in revenue, right? You know, there's not just the pay equity thing, but they've got a big string of spending that they're going to be doing.
Maurice WilliamsonGUEST
The students getting their money refunded from their debt and all this.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
What do you think, Mike, of the possibility of tax adjustments and tax cuts this election?
Mike MunroGUEST
Oh, I don't think there's any possibility of it happening in this election, but there's a good possibility that it'll be signalled for the future.
Mike MunroGUEST
And I think I heard the interview with Nicola Willis a short while ago, and that's what I read into what she was
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Surplus in 28-29 is bigger, it goes from $2.1 billion to $4 billion and we are forecast to take on $15 billion less debt than previously expected.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
The Finance Minister and Nationals Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis is with us now.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Hi Nicola.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Hi Heather.
6 MINS LATER
Nicola WillisGUEST
5.13.
Nicola WillisGUEST
Thank you
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
very much, Nicola Willis, Finance Minister, National Party Finance Spokesperson.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
But instead of us doing that, Chippy has gone and inserted himself into the conversation.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
And instead of all that conversation we should be having with Nicola Willis, what I'm now personally much more interested in is where is Labour going to find apparently $13 billion to fund the pay equity promise.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Because I don't know if you've seen what's going on in the pre-foo, and we will discuss that with Nicola, but even though it's much rosier than it was four months ago, we are still borrowing as a country for the next three to four years.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
That is based on rosy and heroic assumptions.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Why is no one talking about the fact that it's highly unlikely that Nicola Willis will be back as an MP even if the right block win the election? Nothing she can do about it other than campaign, really.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
We already know.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Anyway, we're going to talk about opportunity, which is the only path to victory for the Nats in just a tick.
Barry SoperCORRESPONDENT
Oh, indeed it is.
Barry SoperCORRESPONDENT
And, of course, the books are expected to get into the green earlier than what Nicola Willis had predicted as well.
Barry SoperCORRESPONDENT
So that's good.
Barry SoperCORRESPONDENT
The Obagal, it's the surplus book.
Tyler AdamsHOST
Get back to that in a minute, Brad.
Tyler AdamsHOST
But Nicola Willis did previously signal that National wanted to address the income tax bracket creep.
Tyler AdamsHOST
Do you think now that you've seen the books and we're hearing what Treasury is reporting, that is still a possibility? Or do you think they'll hold off on that?
Brad OlsenGUEST
I think they'll hold off for the moment.
12 MINS LATER
Tyler AdamsHOST
So the top lines again, Azaria, a lot rosier than was predicted in the budget, as I mentioned, but was it much of a surprise to those who were in the lock-up with yourself?
Azaria HoweCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, I mean, really the big picture here, healthier economic growth than expected.
Azaria HoweCORRESPONDENT
I mean, Nicola Willis, the finance minister, had been signalling that we were going to see some good news and this is well what we've seen.
Azaria HoweCORRESPONDENT
The government books are improving with a return to surplus on track and the books are forecast to return to surplus in 2028-29. with a higher buffer than what the budget projected, essentially meaning the surplus will be more significant.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The panel with Wallace Chapman on RNZ National.
Wallace ChapmanHOST
Tonight, Nicola Willis has been given a pre-election reprieve with Treasury painting a brighter picture of the government's finances in the short term.
Wallace ChapmanHOST
With a sting on the tail.
Wallace ChapmanHOST
And has camera surveillance become just too effortless with these new smart glasses? Also tonight, have you noticed, where have all the sardines gone? And first the CRL, now the Panmure sign.
10 MINS LATER
Myles WorkmanGUEST
Risks around the outlook are certainly heightened, and we could easily see some kind of economic shock come along before that first surplus does.
Simon WilsonPANELIST
OK, Simon.
Simon WilsonPANELIST
Miles, you used the phrase fiscal consolidation, and I note that Nicola Willis today said that they are going to deal with this rosier than expected outlook by borrowing less.
Simon WilsonPANELIST
You'll know that Nicola Willis has consistently said every time an opposition party says here's a policy we want to help alleviate the crisis in hospital emergency departments or whatever it is, she's always said where they're going to get the money.
Lisa OwenHOST
Nicola Willis has been given a pre-election lift, with Treasury painting a brighter picture of the government's finances in the short term.
Lisa OwenHOST
But the recovery has been largely driven by an increased tax take due to higher and more persistent inflation.
Lisa OwenHOST
So what does it all mean for the election? Here is our Deputy Political Editor, Craig McCulloch.
Craig McCullochCORRESPONDENT
Six weeks out from voting day, Nicola Willis finally has some numbers to crow about.
Nicola WillisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These numbers give real grounds for optimism.
Craig McCullochCORRESPONDENT
No, not the latest polling numbers, but maybe next best.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
It goes from $2.1 billion to $4 billion and we are forecast to take on $15 billion less debt than previously expected.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
The Finance Minister and Nationals Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis is with us now.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Hi Nicola.
Nicola WillisGUEST
Hi
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