Nicola Willis

The 'gentle whispers' in London that Nicola Willis would be NZ's next PM follow her home

The finance minister is dismissing a post from London’s New Zealand Society that her visit left the “room buzzing with excitement” with “gentle whispers” from expats that she’ll be the next prime minister.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis accuses Labour of reckless approach to spending

New Zealand has been praised for it's long-term commitment to prudent fiscal policies but the coalition government is under pressure from business leaders.

Nicola Willis swoops in for Prime Minister’s usual media spot, denies ‘power play’ as Christopher Luxon forced aside

'I regret that I came and took his lectern.'

$222 million paid to shipyard for canned Interislander replacements

The Government has paid $144 million to cancel a deal it had with Hyundai to build two new Interislander ferries. That’s on top of $78m already paid to the shipyard. The sum of KiwiRail’s settlement with the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard was revealed on Friday, through a joint statement from Rail Minister Winston Peters and Finance Minister Nicola Willis. As part of its iRex project, which Willis cancelled when the Government came to power, KiwiRail had ordered two new rail-enabled ferries. It had agreed to buy the ships for $551m. Peters said the $144m settlement was reasonable - and he noted it was less than what Labour had speculated it would cost to break the contract.

Nicola Willis bemoans 'glass half empty' view of unemployment figures