Grant Robertson

The former Labour finance minister and deputy Prime Minister Sir Michael Cullen, has died aged 76 in Whakatāne. Sir Michael Cullen had a long and distinguished career in academia, politics and… Audio

Applications will open tomorrow for the wage subsidy for employers which have a 40 percent drop in revenue because of the Covid-19 lockdown.

The government says it has the resources to be able to pay… Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson what a level 4 lockdown would look like when the country faces the Delta variant of Covid-19. But before we got into that, Nathan put… Audio

After his government allowed RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu into the country without going through MIQ to make up for staff shortages, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the… Audio

Akin to the animals on the way to Noah’s fabled Ark, in Parliament one particular breed of MP always goes two-by-two. They even vanish together. Audio

Negotiations are underway between the Government and the Australian and New Zealand rugby unions over the logistics of the upcoming Bledisloe Cup and end of year Northern hemisphere tour. The… Audio

When Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson spoke to the trans-tasman business circle breakfast on Tuesday, it was a social media post of his name setting that said 'egg in any form' which drew… Audio

It's 35 years since New Zealand passed the Homosexual Law Reform Act. A rainbow flag was raised outside Parliament this morning, which was a scene of celebration on that day in 1986 after the bill… Audio

Earlier Firstup spoke to hospitality worker of 16 years Chloe Ann-King who told us she doesn't believe there is a skills shortage in New Zealand. She believed the industry just isn't paying kiwis… Audio

There is a surprising amount of humour at Parliament, especially in the General Debate and especially as an opening riposte to the previous speaker. Audio

With cases continuing to rise in Australia and opposition claims that we might run out of Pfizer vaccines here in New Zealand, Nathan Rarere asked the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson what the… Audio

The House gets a rare opportunity to discuss something upbeat - cricket; after the 'team of five million' beat 'the team of one billion' (to paraphrase the Deputy PM).  Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson about the concerning situation in the capital.

He began by asking whether we should have shut the gates to Sydney sooner. Audio

Ministers have appeared before other MPs to answer questions about Budget 2021 as part of Parliament's financial scrutiny cycle.  Audio

The Finance Minister is not prepared to make a call on whether New Zealand's surprise spike in economic growth will be repeated.

The 1.6 percent boost in the first three months of the year confounded… Audio

And today we'll find out how the vaccine rollout for the general population in group 4 will work. But what about those mentioned in Ella and Carmina's story.. they're in group 2 and many thousands… Audio