Grant Robertson
Robertson: sharemarket drop not entirely unexpected
As you would have heard a little earlier in the prograrmme the New Zealand dollar fell to a two year low yesterday after US inflation triggered market turbulence. Luckily for us it coincides with our… Audio
Robertson: emergency housing in Rotorua concerning
Three women who triggered an 11-day lockdown in Northland last October didn't mislead authorities when they travelled to up from Auckland as was alleged. A police report released yesterday shows that… Audio
National Party on KiwiSaver fees GST backdown
The Government's backdown on charging 15 percent GST on KiwiSaver fees comes after a chorus of opposition to the move.
It would have netted it millions of dollars a year in extra revenue, but angered… Audio
Robertson: govt abandons GST fees on Kiwisaver
The government's taken an embarassing u-turn on the plans to charge GST on the fees on your KiwiSaver with Revenue Minister David Parker abandoning the idea less than 24 hours after first announcing… Audio
Robertson:govt threatens regulation to supermarkets
The government says New Zealand's supermarket duopoly has a year to start cooperating with their rivals or it will force them to. It was announced yesterday that Foodstuffs and Woolworths basicially… Audio
NZ's biggest drag show hits Palmerston North in September
The Palmy Drag Fest is fast approaching. Not the normal hoons in Toyotas along Fitzherbert Ave that we know and love, its a show at the Regent Theatre in Palmerston North with Drag Queens and Kings… Audio
Robertson: Gaurav Sharma broke rules, breached trust
Well it's been a tough week in politics for the governing Labour Party with Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma suspended for publicly accusing colleagues bullying ... something that's been stringently… Audio
'It's all a bit murky, isn't it?'- Deputy PM on Sam Uffindell
This week Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson gives us his take on the Labour's dropping popularity, the Sam Uffindell fiasco and the All Blacks. The Kantar One News poll came out showing Labour and… Audio
Commonwealth Games: Robertson celebrates medal haul
History-making cyclist Aaron Gate, who's coming home with four gold medals, will be carrying the New Zealand flag.
New Zealand will be taking home 20 gold medals from the games.
Minister for Sport… Audio
Deputy PM: Grant Robertson reports in from Comm Games
As you know, here at First Up we spare no expense to bring you the finest coverage of events not only in Aotearoa but around the world. So we've hired one Grant Robertson to be our correspondent from… Audio
Deputy PM off to finance talks in France, Com Games
A review into the hiring of TVNZ presenter Kamahl Santamaria has found a number of flaws in the recruitment process. The former Al Jazeera presenter lasted just 32 days in the job and left under a… Audio
Robertson: wear masks as often as you can
Every week we catch up with the Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. Nathan Rarere started by asking him whether it's time to introduce stricter rules around mask wearing, given so many… Audio
Robertson on government spending and inflation
Opposition parties are calling on the government to take some responsibility for the record high inflation which is stretching some household budgets to breaking point.
National and ACT both say the… Audio
New Covid sub-variants drive climbing case numbers
With 10-thousand new cases reported yesterday it's appears that we're at the start of another wave of Covid-19. It's being driven by new sub-variants of Omicron and especially the highly transmissible… Audio
Decoding Parliament's money talk
MPs talk about money a lot. The rest of us often blank out the financials as 'just math'. Annoyingly the money is important so The House tries to explain all that dry 'Appropriations' money talk. Audio
Grant Robertson on the long road to fixing Wellington's traffic woes
The government unveiled its plan for Wellington's transport infrastructure yesterday but the business case won't even be completed until 2024 and construction won't begin until 2028. Labour might not… Audio
An expeditious Tuesday
Parliament began the week at top pace moving five bills through ten stages in an evening, though there's a little bit of double counting going on. Audio
Defence and trade central to PM's Europe trip
A long-awaited free-trade deal with the European Union is at the top of the Prime Minister's wishlist on her trip to Europe.
Jacinda Ardern is expected to push for greater access to the European… Audio
Robertson: moving alert settings could ease hospital pressure
South Auckland GPs will offer free appointments for the second weekend in a row in a bid to curb the pressure on Middlemore Hospital. Counties Manukau DHB are paying GP practices up to $350 per… Audio
Robertson: Cabinet reshuffle, GP shortage, All Whites loss
Nathan Rarere also discussed the GP shortage with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. But first he wanted to talk to him about Monday's Cabinet reshuffle, which saw Chris Hipkins become Police… Audio