Nicola Willis: Finance Minister says they want to work with businesses to get the country moving again

Published: March 14, 2024, 8:22 p.m.

Nicola Willis is expected to reveal more details about the Government's fiscal situation today, as she continues preparations for May's budget.\xa0

The Finance Minister will be speaking to business lunch event in Auckland.\xa0

Willis told Mike Hosking that since economic growth forecasts have been getting worse, the two options are to get down in the dumps about it, or they can say \u2018what can we do about it?\u2019.\xa0

She said that while the Government does have a big role to play, they need businesses right alongside them, feeling confident about investing and doing new things.\xa0

They\u2019re asking businesses to work together with them to get the country moving again.\xa0

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