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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Eva Corlett in Wellington

As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and finance minister Grant Robertson in parliament
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and finance minister Grant Robertson in parliament. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

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.

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