Tax revenue was $100.3b, $1.65b above expectations.
"It's going to be a very hard ask."
The stand-up left reporters baffled.
"We all now know there's a tens of billions of dollars real hole that Labour left."
Melissa Lee was booted from Cabinet earlier in the week.
The Labour leader says Melissa Lee and Penny Simmonds were "never up to the task that they were given".
Here's what we know.
The government is confident its 100-day plan will have been completed by the end of the day.
But Ardern says the Government follows the rules.