Overall, the costs of the 2011 quake rose to $40 billion including costs paid for from insurance payouts and council spending. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Sunday evening Robertson was working with Treasury on a re-write of the Budget. The usual systems and processes of government are going to need to change and adapt to the extraordinary circumstances that we find ourselves in. He said it was too early to say, but suggested targeted support was more likely. “We're going to have to be making some reasonably significant late Budget process decisions and to make sure that we're getting them the resources allocated where they're needed.”

Source: Stuff February 20, 2023 03:17 UTC