More work is needed to fully implement recommendations made after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Fletcher Building CEO Ross Taylor said the $29.9m sale price means the company broadly breaks even.
But it was the largest annual economic decline ever recorded in the GDP series.
New purchase agreements have been signed for AstraZeneca and Novavax vaccines.
Housing crisis shows no signs of abating, child poverty is little better, emissions are not falling.
Appearing before a select committee, Mallard explained his $333,000 legal bill.
The government's books expected to be back in surplus in 2024-25.
Officials warn hand-outs could "lessen or distort" tourism operator's incentive to change for the better.
Grant Robertson says the wage subsidy scheme will be continued if future lockdowns are needed.
Housing shortage and low interest rates likely to continue to push house prices up.