Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis have spoken to media at a post-Cabinet press conference just a few days before the coalition Government’s first Budget.
It comes after the pair, in their first joint interviews, promised to provide some “good” surprises and “bold moves” in the Budget, announced on Thursday, in spite of grim economic forecasts and committing to deliver tax cuts without borrowing and without increasing inflation.
Willis has described it as a Budget that is neither a spend-up nor austerity – but one that charted the middle course.