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Deputy PM: chances of Aussie travel bubble opening next week
With cases continuing to rise in Australia and opposition claims that we might run out of Pfizer vaccines here in New Zealand, Nathan Rarere asked the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson what the… Audio
MPs agree: ‘Nice guys finish first’
The House gets a rare opportunity to discuss something upbeat - cricket; after the 'team of five million' beat 'the team of one billion' (to paraphrase the Deputy PM). Audio
Covid-19: A week of Wellington at Alert Level 2 could cost economy $10m - Robertson
Nathan Rarere spoke with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson about the concerning situation in the capital.
He began by asking whether we should have shut the gates to Sydney sooner. Audio
Budget 2021: holding the Government to account for its accounts
Ministers have appeared before other MPs to answer questions about Budget 2021 as part of Parliament's financial scrutiny cycle. Audio
Govt's Covid-19 decisions behind GDP growth - Robertson
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… Audio
Deputy PM on vaccine rollout, Team NZ turning down cash
And today we'll find out how the vaccine rollout for the general population in group 4 will work. But what about those mentioned in Ella and Carmina's story.. they're in group 2 and many thousands… Audio
Deputy PM:sadly nurses can earn more money in Australia
The Deputy Prime Minister says it's an unfortunate truth that our nurses can earn more money in Australia, as they demand better pay and conditions. Nathan Rarere spoke with Grant Robertson about the… Audio
MPs finish eight hour Budget 2021 debate
Eight hours of debate on Budget 2021 has wrapped up at Parliament with MPs praising and criticising the government's spending plan Audio
Assessments of flooding done before govt gives more cash
The clean up is well underway throughout Canterbury after last weekend's epic rainfall and subsequent flooding. Nathan Rarere spoke with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and started by asking… Audio
Deputy PM: govt will not negotiate with cyber criminals
The Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has reiterated that the Government will not negotiate with the hackers who have crippled the Waikato District Health Board. Top government officials attended… Audio
Unemployment insurance could cost $5b a year
Plans to permanently introduce an insurance payout for people who lose their job could cost as much as $5 billion a year.
Using ACC as a possible template, the government is considering an… Audio
"There's more to do": Grant Robertson on Budget 2021
The Finance Minister Grant Robertson discusses the 2021 Budget which he says will undo some of the damage from what was dubbed 'Mother of All Budgets' 30 years ago - delivered by the then National… Audio
Still more to be done after Budget benefit boost - Robertson
Beneficiaries are one of the biggest winners out of the 2021 Budget, with welfare boost billed as the "biggest in a generation".
This is Grant Robertson's fourth Budget, but it is his first without… Audio
Budget 2021: The numbers may change but the process stays the same
Budget 2021 dominates Parliament with the Government revealing where it plans to spend the country's money over the next financial year but the process to approve it doesn't change Audio
Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Budget 2021
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered his first government Budget without a coalition or support partner.
The first 'Labour' Budget in decades. What does that mean? He talks to Lisa Owen.
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Budget 2021: Robertson touts 'biggest benefit rise in a generation'
"The biggest benefit rise in a generation" - the headline of Budget 2021.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered a boost for beneficiaries in his first Budget of the Labour majority… Video, Audio
Budget Day: Signs more money headed to NZ's poorest
It's Budget Day and all signs are it'll deliver more money into the pockets of the country's poorest and those hit hardest by Covid-19.
There are big expectations around the usual areas - health and… Audio
Budget will target inequality - Grant Robertson
Today's Budget will still be a Covid-19 one but the Finance Minister says it will looking more to recovery.
All signs are the government will target spending at lifting the incomes of beneficiaries… Audio
Robertson:health a priority on Budget Day
It's D-Day.. or B-Day depending on how you look at it. Finance Minister Grant Robertson will deliver his Covid-19 recovery budget today. We already know that Maori Housing, a Tourism Reset Plan and… Audio