Grant Robertson

The Treasury is warning the slump in business confidence and a cooling housing market could hit the Government's books. However, Finance Minister Grant Robertson is playing this down. Audio

The government is being urged to loosen its self-imposed financial restraints and spend more on public services. Critics say more should be done for underfunded mental health services and dilapidated… Audio

From the Phoenix Foundation to filmmaker Taika Waititi, The Pathways to Arts and Cultural Employment or PACE scheme was credited with giving much needed space for artists to develop a career. Audio

Business confidence has slumped to a seven-year low. Is the government worried? Finance Minister Grant Robertson tells Guyon Espiner business surveys generally more pessimistic under Labour… Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are smitten with their daughter and overwhelmed by the reaction from friends, colleagues and the… Audio

MPs have held the first ever debate on the Investment Statement - an analysis of Government assets and liabilities - in yet another debate about money. Audio

Pacific community reaction subdued to the government's budget at a post budget breakfast in Auckland. Audio

A gathering of Maori and Pasifika business people in Wellington has been told that they will still get some benefit out of a universal approach in the latest New Zealand government budget. Audio

The Finance Minister joins Nine to Noon to discuss his first budget. Audio

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered his first Budget calling it a first step in a plan for transformation. He's investing more money in health, education and housing - while also… Audio

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced the Government's spending plan for the next financial year. Here's how it played out in the House. Audio

Grant Robertson talks to John Campbell about Budget 2018, which he says forms the "foundations not just for this term of government but for the next 30 years for New Zealand." Video, Audio

Grant Robertson presents his budget to the house. Audio

Change to our economic systems will only be possible if the general public are entrusted with the real facts, says Ann Pettifor, one of the few economists to predict the 2007-2009 Global Financial… Audio