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NZ's second 'Well-being Budget' must deliver for the families that sacrificed most during the pandemic

  • Written by: Kate C. Prickett, Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
NZ's second 'Well-being Budget' must deliver for the families that sacrificed most during the pandemic Finance Minister Grant Robertson with a copy of Budget 2021.GettyImages

Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s promise of a “recovery and well-being budget” is an apt recognition of the current social and economic reality.

Although life feels relatively normal in New Zealand compared with the havoc COVID-19 continues to wreak...

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