It's the Bondi budget. . . it's the brain drain budget – it's not only incredibly boring, its profoundly disappointing – Don Brash
a flat earth budget – Jeanette Fitzsimons
There's not a cent for public transport. This is a mad, petrol-headed budget, road-building, vote-seeking budget; but I can't work out whose vote they think they are courting. – Jeanette Fitzsimons
The minister of Maori affairs didn't get a bean – how's he going to explain that to our people? – Tariana Turia
Expectations were rock bottom, but still Michael Cullen managed to disappoint – Rodney Hide
The economic transformation that the budget is heading us toward will make New Zealanders increasingly reliant on the state, and less likely to take responsibility for themselves, or for saving and investing for their own future. – Alasdair Thompson, chief executive, Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern)
Yap, yap, yap, bark, bark, Yap, yap – Winston Peters
