• 6.10pm: The 2021 Budget was geared to keep the 'better-than-expected' story rolling, writes Liam Dann. • 5.40pm: The world's biggest credit rating agencies have given their take on New Zealand's Budget for 2021. • 2.38pm: Follow all the reaction from Budget 2021 - including the best tweets and memes - in our live blog. Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on their way into the House for the reading of the Budget 2021. Finance Minister Grant Robertson with a copy of his Wellbeing Budget 2021 on Parliament Steps.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2021 02:01 UTC