Richard Prebble: Why every Finance Minister's surplus always seems just out of reach

PremiumOpinionRichard Prebble is a former Labour Party minister and Act Party leader.

‌The Finance Minister joins the show live from the post-Budget breakfast in Wellington. Video/Ryan Bridge TODAYNicola Willis is determined never to deliver a Mother of All Budgets.She has succeeded.Ruth Richardson’s legacy was putting New Zealand’s finances on a sound footing for two decades.Willis’ legacy is three Budgets that increased spending, increased borrowing and increased deficits.

Yet this Budget promises New Zealand is