The second wellbeing Budget will be out, and the coronavirus budget will be in. READ MORE:* Coronavirus: Benefit stand-down period for virus job losses scrapped* Coronavirus: Finance minister warns NZ economy now bracing for a year of hits* Coronavirus: More people tested for virus in New Zealand* Coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern reveals how New Zealand would cope with any outbreak hereNo-one knows how long this will go on, how serious it will be, and when China will recover. ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives a brief media statement around Covid-19 after a special Cabinet meeting earlier this week. It said it will intervene as required and has set up a coronavirus Cabinet committee to meet weekly. In Bridges' view, the benefits of letting people spend more of their own money through tax cuts will also last far past coronavirus.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2020 16:30 UTC