Budgets of the New Zealand Government
Page updated 18 Dec 2012
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
Budget 2013 will be released in May 2013 on a date that is yet to be announced by the Minister of Finance.
Budget Policy Statement 2013 was published on 18 December 2012 conjointly with the Treasury's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2012 (HYEFU).
Budget 2012
The Treasury has published background documents related to Budget 2012 decisions. See Budget 2012 Information Release (29 June 2012).
See the Budget 2012 homepage for Budget documents released on Budget Day, 24 May 2012.
The Budget Policy Statement 2012 was released on 16 February 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 2011 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.
