Robertson says 2021 is still a Covid-19 Budget. Today is Budget Day and all signs are it will deliver more money into the pockets of New Zealand's poorest and those hit hardest by Covid-19. Robertson says 2021 is still a Covid-19 Budget. National's Andrew Bayly says if the government "says it's going to build something, build it". The $12 billion 'upgrade' programme unveiled early last year was then topped up at the Budget as part of the Covid-19 response.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 19, 2021 22:07 UTC