# The deliberately boring election-year Budget

An episode of [Politics NZ](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1849044663), 29 May 2026, 16 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1780035765/audio/fop/fop-20260529-1830-the_deliberately_boring_election-year_budget.mp3

The government has delivered its third Budget pointing to an earlier return to surplus, but with no election-year lolly scramble. Political reporter Giles Dexter pores through the books, and looks at the looming debate over superannuation. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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