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Time to Think ‘More Boldly’: NZ Finance Minister Announces Growth Plan

Nicola Willis has highlighted five issues that the government sees as crucial to New Zealand’s future.
Time to Think ‘More Boldly’: NZ Finance Minister Announces Growth Plan
Minister of Finance Nicola Willis speaks during a post budget lunch at Intercontinental Wellington in New Zealand, on May 31, 2024. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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New Zealand’s Finance Minister Nicola Willis has opened a two-day national economics forum with a speech announcing an 80-point “Going for Growth” plan to address five key issues the government sees as crucial to growing the economy.

Willis said it was time for New Zealand to put its own interests at the forefront.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.