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New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight ‘inflation storm’

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives a applause from colleagues after her address to parliament via a video link as she isolates at home after catching COVID-19 in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 19, 2022. New Zealand's government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to about half of all adults to help them navigate what it describes as "the peak of the global inflation storm." (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP) This photo shows New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson's "Wellbeing Budget 2022" papers in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 19, 2022. New Zealand's government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to about half of all adults to help them navigate what it describes as "the peak of the global inflation storm." (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP) New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson delivers his Budget speech to parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 19, 2022. New Zealand's government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to about half of all adults to help them navigate what it describes as "the peak of the global inflation storm." (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP) New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson appears during his presentation at the Budget lockup in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 19, 2022. New Zealand's government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to about half of all adults to help them navigate what it describes as "the peak of the global inflation storm." (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP) New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson, front left, is on his way to present his budget to Parliament with ministers, from left, David Parker, obscured, Andrew Little, Megan Woods, and Peeni Henare, right, in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, May 19, 2022. New Zealand's government said Thursday it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to about half of all adults to help them navigate what it describes as "the peak of the global inflation storm." (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP)
New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight ‘inflation storm’