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Ben McKay

Tax cuts and tourist fees in NZ budget 'clean-up job'

Income tax relief is the centrepiece of the NZ budget delivered by Finance Minister Nicola Willis. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

New Zealand will slug tourists and immigrants with higher fees as the government pulls every lever to pay for tax relief and reverse a lurch into structural deficit.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis on Thursday handed down the coalition government's first budget since winning office in 2023.

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