NZ Budget App
Page updated 15 Dec 2012
The Treasury launched the NZ Budget app for Android, iPhone and iPad to coincide with Budget 2012 and has updated it for the December release of the Budget Policy Statement 2013.
The app provides access to Budget-related videos, Ministers' media statements, the Minister of Finance's Budget speech, the Executive Summary, the Budget Policy Statement 2013, the Fiscal Strategy Report 2012 and Key Facts for Taxpayers.
Tablet versions of the app also provides access to the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update (BEFU) and Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU) 2012.
Read the related media statements by Hon Bill English, Minister of Finance, on the Beehive website:
- Government App to be updated for HYEFU (15 December 2012)
- Budget 2012 goes high tech with new app (22 May 2012)
- Budget 2012 app popular new initiative (28 May 2012) - Includes details of the NZ Budget App's development cost.
How to Get the App
On your device you can go to the App Store or Google Play and search for NZ Budget.
There is no charge for the NZ Budget app.
How the App Works
The app is not loaded with Budget 2012 or Budget 2013 data but receives it from a Wellington-based server after the embargo on Budget documents ends.
Until the embargo is lifted the app will not show any information. When Budget 2012 was released on 24 May 2012, the app automatically updated and started to display Budget 2012 information.
The app does not contain all of the Budget 2012 information released on Budget day. For example, the largest Budget documents - the Estimates of Appropriations 2012/13, the ten sector volumes of the Information Supporting the Estimates 2012/13, and the Supplementary Estimates and Supporting Information 2011/12 - are not available on the app.
These Estimates documents and other Budget 2012-related material will be available on the Treasury website's Budget 2012 home page at: http://www.treasury.govt.nz/budget/2012.
December 2012 Update
The December 2012 update of the App provides access to the Budget Policy Statement 2013, the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2012, and the latest media releases.
The Budget Policy Statement sets out the Minister of Finance's strategic priorities for Budget 2013.
The Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update provides the Treasury's latest economic forecasts and the forecast financial statements of the Government, including the implications of Government financial decisions.
Only tablet users have direct access to the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2012. Other users can access the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2012 via the Treasury's website through the Budget Links section of the App.
Users can still access Budget 2012 information through the App, including the Executive Summary, Fiscal Strategy Report 2012, Key Facts for Taxpayers and media releases.
The illustration on this page is a sample screenshot of the NZ Budget app on an iPhone using a chart from the Key Facts for Taxpayers from Budget 2011.
Feedback
The Treasury welcomes feedback on the NZ Budget app.
