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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

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.

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