Claim: ACT Party leader David Seymour claims that New Zealand's $6 billion surplus had been reduced to a $1 billion deficit in the space of two years pre-COVID-19.
Fact-check: Did Labour turn a big surplus into deficit before COVID-19 struck NZ?
Verdict: mostly true – the claim is mostly accurate but there is a minor error or problem.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: David Williams
Date published: 2020-10-14T00:00:00