16 Dec 2020

Government opens the books

From Afternoons, 1:17 pm on 16 December 2020

The Government has opened it's books today for the Half Yearly Economic and Fiscal update. There was an embargo until one o'clock this afternoon on how things are looking at the end of a very volatile six months. Our political editor, Jane Patterson, has been in a treasury lock up this morning going over the numbers.

Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, speaks to media about the Half Yearly Economic and Fiscal Update.

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