{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_vuro4aq7mapipr7vq6ga","title":"Election 2026: Government opens the books – will Nicola Willis finally get her nice surprise?","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/election-2026-government-opens-the-books-will-nicola-willis-finally-get-vuro4aq7ma","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_vuro4aq7mapipr7vq6ga","seq":473049,"kind":"article","title":"Election 2026: Government opens the books – will Nicola Willis finally get her nice surprise?","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/election-2026-government-opens-the-books-will-nicola-willis-finally-get-her-nice-surprise/premium/A75K5BXKMNBBJHU47OXRI7IAB4","summary":"OPINION: Willis has hinted the forecasts may show smaller deficits and bigger surpluses.","published":"2026-09-28T16:00:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T16:24:32Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-nzherald-co-nz-75f602","name":"nzherald.co.nz","domain":"nzherald.co.nz","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q137925634","name":"NZ Herald","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-nzherald-co-nz-75f602","authors":["Thomas Coughlan"],"entities":[{"id":"Q41424038","name":"Nicola Willis","type":"person"}],"image":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/C6LBPX6XPVLTVMOH5X7Z3HELJA.jpg?auth=c15aa961726c1995753fb0a64c1e96fc0d10ed4c654adbc9a25bdd618358c4e2&height=300&smart=true&width=300","mentions":3,"story":"st_vuro4aq7mapipr7vq6ga","category":"politics","category_p":0.800000011920929,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.2800000011920929,"political":0.7799999713897705}]}