Welcome to the New Zealand Treasury
The Treasury is the New Zealand Government’s lead advisor on economic and financial issues. We help manage the financial affairs of the Crown. Our goal is to improve living standards for all New Zealanders. To find out more about the Treasury and this website, read the welcome from Secretary to the Treasury, John Whitehead.
Guarantees
Guarantees for New Zealand financial institutions have been announced by the government: the Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme (see the list of approved institutions), the Extended Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme and the Wholesale Funding Guarantee Facility.
Information for Mascot Finance Limited and Strata Finance Limited depositors can be found at Claims Process.
Topics
Areas of public expenditure or policy that are of common interest to site visitors:
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Separate Treasury home pages highlighting releases, events and publications of interest to these audiences:
Our Work Areas
The Treasury’s advice and operations are focused on:
Related Sites
- New Zealand Debt Management Office (NZDMO)
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This unit of the Treasury manages the government’s borrowing programme.
- New Zealand Export Credit Office (NZECO)
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This unit of the Treasury provides export credit guarantees to New Zealand exporters.
- National Infrastructure Unit (NIU)
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This unit of the Treasury takes a national overview of the government's infrastructure priorities - providing cross-government coordination, planning and expertise.
- Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit (COMU)
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This unit of the Treasury monitors the government’s investment in companies owned by the Crown, assists with the appointment of directors, and provides performance and governance advice to shareholding Ministers.
- 2025 Taskforce
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The Treasury provides the secretariat supporting the 2025 Taskforce chaired by Dr Don Brash which reports annually to the government on how to close the income gap with Australia by 2025 and on progress towards that goal.
Spotlight on the Economy
- Economy continues to recover gradually
Data released over December and January showed the New Zealand economy is continuing to recover from recession. Compared with other developed nations, this recession was long but relatively shallow. More in Monthly Economic Indicators January 2010
Releases
- Results: Treasury Bill Tender Number 1303 (NZDMO)09 Feb 2010
- Results: Government Bond Tender Number 332 (NZDMO)04 Feb 2010
- Budget 2010 Date Announced - Thursday 20 May02 Feb 2010
- Monthly Economic Indicators January 201001 Feb 2010
- Speech: The Modern Face of the Treasury29 Jan 2010
- New Zealand's Position Under the Kyoto Protocol29 Jan 2010
- Tax Outturn Data November 200929 Jan 2010
- Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Five Months Ended 30 November 200929 Jan 2010
- Treasury releases further information about long-term projections 28 Jan 2010
- A Tax System for New Zealand's Future - Report of the Victoria University of Wellington Tax Working Group - January 201020 Jan 2010
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