New Zealand unveils new 'wellbeing' budget with $2.5 billion spending; cuts growth forecast

New Zealand on Thursday unveiled a $2.5-billion-dollar spending package under its 'wellbeing' budget, prioritizing mental health and alleviating child poverty, as it rolled out a new approach to budgeting that goes beyond measuring just economic growth.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VZghX8

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New Zealand on Thursday unveiled a $2.5-billion-dollar spending package under its 'wellbeing' budget, prioritizing mental health and alleviating child poverty, as it rolled out a new approach to budgeting that goes beyond measuring just economic growth. <div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=Kd7gnQpA3AE:ZsGlw3Ka6I8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=Kd7gnQpA3AE:ZsGlw3Ka6I8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=Kd7gnQpA3AE:ZsGlw3Ka6I8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=Kd7gnQpA3AE:ZsGlw3Ka6I8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=Kd7gnQpA3AE:ZsGlw3Ka6I8:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~4/Kd7gnQpA3AE" width="1" /><br /> <br /> from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VZghX8<br />