{"id":458255,"date":"2026-06-03T04:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458255\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:47:06","slug":"richard-prebble-why-every-finance-ministers-surplus-always-seems-just-out-of-reach-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458255\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Prebble: Why every Finance Minister&#039;s surplus always seems just out of reach &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxORkllekpidl9UQVVjOVNqVXJRWG9wQ1JBX1NaaFQ5OHdpeWJMRHF5Q2VwdVNrZjlEM3BiRVIzNjR2cmFjNHdwX3l1ZjdjSFFQaGNsUk9RcG5maGNtT1hyWENpSDJsLTlSSml3ZjROdXNNOGs1QS1pQndwelFabDFWSzF2VU1tUTVqRnJlZnZZR1puak1KVjFTTGN3bXljV0Y1ejZNb0hYNUJQSzJ5WXhhNWdvbWtkRzdpcS1DS2Q3WXlBYy1rcmNtSmlqeS1sd0NjM3lfTDg3UEtOMFVPcTZ3WkUzbEJvNUNMZzh1aVRvd3pjalNLdkhBaU5BUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Richard Prebble: Why every Finance Minister&#8217;s surplus always seems just out of reach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5ja3VsLTMxa3pxM1VqeHE2UkdCeUhWUTJBT2dVemVvcENRcXotRU1FX0RoVlNjX1lid2JQcHlibmhBRlRqeGRkM0Vsd3docUdDM3hpdEhGdk5GRG4xaVhRdHlIMHhNSE9hQjRkLVMwc3R4Nm1NVUI3OUplbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The surplus is already at severe risk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxOb0N6UHJkeUdsck9lZzVmLTA1QkdmRlUwYkp5bEJTajJyY245V2pac0gtSnl5TVI4ZkI2TVJFajg3OHpRVFQydS1RUE5Hakp4NU9hdXh0UGVlS29mRlRvNHkxcUVwX2dSZTctTTZNZl9LcHI3cVlTWUtDM21fVHVlYnYweXFOOW1rMkNzeTMzbG8yUEw2OU0xRWMtOE9rXzdhQzlkZldFQ25UMW9FQzZRRTVLMmR1SXRkc01Rd2N5a3RJY1BGYnI0Z3QtSHNZd2trMnQyVHVnTzUxZ1VvX01B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;A little on the rosy side&#8217;: ANZ Chief Economist addresses Nicola&#8217;s surplus hopes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk ZB<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPdl9XYW50emhBNTc2U2dTWkVKdmpTUHpLZld6VDFpRWpyOS1PRTBacDI5bkZYWVJfZ1lwM3c0N1ZEc1VBQzVrZ2drRlh4MlQzdmpsMlBfcldhRzVZT1JSUktoZk0tdG8wVFp5MjRNeWJLZTljMkFvZ1NXc29vdVUtNHNCOUI5YUt1cExtZ3B0WTc4cTZ6ejdMRzYtWGRfVmZYOGlkb05NcjlQdFN0N25XdGd1N0lKcjUwMi1YdTI1RWZUVG83N0VqaUFodTUxS1U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heather du Plessis-Allan: We all know we won&#8217;t return to surplus, right?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxOTTFBNk9MNC1JV1JzUWVtNGFWaGwwVFlDdU04UllxU0hOZ0pLaEFmVXJUOGpscjJwYXdweEEzQVliQ1pvVFZ5YWIyazBRVERhOXRndGNuZzRvVC1ybnZsY2xCQlYxQ0pPWVdXeWVyNWxhUHdjQlBad1dUaGxsbWNOV2JoVGR3Rmd2UGRRNjBqV0wyb3JoVGVPRTBBczVHS2szUTZENmlTcjdPNW9reTktR1NPRWozRlZ2ZXkyT1pWVWJSbFI0bXpWLUlIN3U3NTMzRnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liam Dann: Are Treasury\u2019s sunny forecasts out of step with reality?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Prebble: Why every Finance Minister&#8217;s surplus always seems just out of reach&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldThe surplus is already at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-458255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}