18 Jun 2021

Govt's Covid-19 decisions behind GDP growth - Robertson

From Morning Report, 6:20 am on 18 June 2021

The Finance Minister is not prepared to make a call on whether New Zealand's surprise spike in economic growth will be repeated.

The 1.6 percent boost in the first three months of the year confounded the experts who were expecting just a small bump after the economy contracted in the previous quarter.

Grant Robertson says it's all about the government's Covid-19 decisions.