Budgets of the New Zealand Government
Page updated 16 May 2013
An overview of the New Zealand Government's Budget process and links to the most recent Budget documents as well as an archive of older Budgets.
Budget 2013
See the Budget 2013 homepage for Budget documents released on Budget Day, 16 May 2013.
The Budget Policy Statement 2013 was released on 18 December 2012.
The Treasury's Role
The Treasury helps in the preparation of the government's annual Budget by:
- advising the Minister of Finance on Budget policy
- preparing the macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts
- compiling and processing budget initiative proposals from Vote Ministers, and
- preparing budget documents such as the Estimates, the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update and the Fiscal Strategy Report.
Other Key Publications and Links
Forecasts (Economic and Fiscal Updates)
- The Treasury's forecasts for government finances and the New Zealand economy are published at least twice a year in Budget documents called Economic and Fiscal Updates (EFUs).
Budget Process
- Overview of the New Zealand government's Budget process, its key phases and the documents that make up the Budget.
- Putting It Together: An Explanatory Guide to New Zealand's State Sector Financial Management System (September 2011)
Archive of Budgets Back to 1997
- Links to key documents from Budgets 2013 to 1997.
- Vote History Information organises the Budget documents by Vote, rather than by type of document, back to Budget 1998 and is a useful resource for departments.
