Finance Minister Grant Robertson says for the most part Auckland businesses have coped well with the lockdown.
How would he know that living in his bubble in Wellington?
What about all the Mums and Dads trying to balance life at the moment?
TRANSCRIPT: Grant Robertson on Auckland Business During Lockdown
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