Comic Relief 2025 will return tonight for its annual Red Nose Day show with the charity celebrating its 40 year anniversary.

The Finance and Growth Minister is confident the economic turnaround will continue after the latest GDP figures lifted NZ out of a technical recession.

But the finance minister is optimistic New Zealand's GDP will continue to grow.

New Zealand's economy has rebounded out of recession a little more quickly than expected, growing 0.7 percent in the three months to the end of December. Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Corin ...