Any government support package would be targeted and short-term.
Monetary Policy Committee believes bigger increase now will give it more flexibility.
Chris Hipkins warns the country might face new outbreaks of Covid-19, plus the flu, in the winter.
Most businesses polled cite government leadership as a reason for economic pessimism.
Higher interest rates expected to have impact on household spending this year.
Treasury was worried KiwiRail was not doing enough to engage with iwi.
Economists are divided about how aggressive the bank should be.
Stuart Nash says improvements are already being made to help frontier firms.
MPI contributes $13m to Puro cannabis programme.
The appropriation for dividend reinvestment plans has jumped another $50m.