2015 New Zealand budget

2015 (2015) New Zealand budget
Submitted by	Bill English
Presented	21 May 2015
Parliament	Parliament of New Zealand
Party	National
Total revenue	$71b
Total expenditures	$70.5b
Surplus	$414m
Debt	$60.6b net debt; 25.1% net debt to GDP
Website	www.treasury.govt.nz/budget/2015
	ǂNumbers in italics are projections. ‹ 2014 2016›

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.

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

^ ^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.