The Health New Zealand leader says their cost growth has plateaued.

Its report for the June quarter shows the preliminary result for the financial year is a $934 million deficit.

Earlier, in quarter three, a $299 million surplus was forecast.

Chief Executive Margie Apa told Heather du Plessis-Allan they've stopped their cost growth and have stabilised in the past quarter.

She says they need to take out costs and balance that with delivering on targets, using the core workforce they have.

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Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and Infrastructure NZ CEO Nick Leggett joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

New data from the 2023 Census reveals over half the country isn't religious? Is this surprising? What do we think changed?

The Mood of the Boardroom Survey results came out today, revealing Kiwi business leaders are feeling more optimistic about the economy. What do we make of this?

A teenager has been arrested for running a 'smishing' scam - where fraudulent text messages are sent out en masse to get people to give up sensitive information. Should we be concerned about this?

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Business leaders have given their verdict on the Government in the Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom survey.

Some experts have noted that as the country enters an interest-rate cutting phase, now is the time to have a discussion about the make-up of ongoing retirement savings.

NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann says there's a clear mood for change as the economy enters a new phase.

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