20 May 2022

Grant Robertson: "This is the trickiest budget I've ever written"

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 20 May 2022
Finance Minister Grant Robertson making his Budget Day speech at Parliament, 19 May 2022.

Photo: RNZ // Angus Dreaver

Kathryn speaks with Finance Minister Grant Robertson about his fifth budget, including $1 billion to tackle the cost of living.

He says this is the trickiest budget he's ever put together, trying to balance easing the cost of living for households, without fuelling inflation, while keeping the economy growing.