Haves: Place and Zealand

haves: Success is making New Zealand both a great place to make a living, and a great place to make a life, Robertson told parliament, according to The Guardian. He said many New Zealanders were not benefiting from a growing economy in their daily lives, and this year's budget had been designed to address the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots. The finance minister, Grant Robertson, unveiled billions for mental health services and child poverty as well as record investment in measures to tackle family violence. According to predictions by the International Monetary Fund, the economy is expected to grow at about 2.5 % in 2019 and 2.9% in 2020. New Zealand budget leak 'hackers' had simply searched Treasury website Read more As expected, mental health received the biggest funding and investment boost on record, receiving NZ 1.9bn 980m . Half a billion was earmarked for the missing middle particularly New Zealanders suffering from mild to moderate anxiety and depressive disorders that did not require hospitalisation but significantly affected their quality of life. Although comparable countries such as the UK have begun to measure the national rate of wellbeing, New Zealand is the first western country to design its entire budget based on wellbeing priorities and instruct its ministries to design policies to improve wellbeing. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.