Finance minister’s fifth budget – with spending on health and the environment – will be key scene-setter ahead of New Zealand election expected next year
New Zealand’s finance minister is one week out from the most important date in his professional calendar – delivering the next budget. And he could be in for a tough sell.
The image Grant Robertson carefully cultivates is of a disciplined spender and a fiscal policy nerd, joking that it’s “great to have a bit of public finance in the morning” and claiming that infrastructure deficits keep him up at night.
