| ACC |
Accident Compensation Corporation |
| ALM |
Asset and Liability Matching |
| AMI |
AMI Insurance Limited |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| BASS |
Better Administrative and Support Services |
| BAU |
Business as Usual |
| BEFU |
Budget Economic and Fiscal Update |
| BIA |
Building Industry Association |
| BPS |
Budget Policy Statement |
| CAM |
Capital Asset Management |
| CCMAU |
Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit |
| CER |
Closer Economic Relations |
| CERA |
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority |
| CFI |
Crown Financial Institution |
| COMU |
Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CRI |
Crown Research Institute |
| DBH |
Department of Building and Housing |
| DBP(A) |
Defined Benefit Plan (Annuitants) |
| DCEs |
Deputy Chief Executives |
| DGS |
Deposit Guarantee Scheme |
| DHB |
District Health Board |
| DIA |
Department of Internal Affairs |
| DICE |
Departmental Internal Control Evaluation |
| DPMC |
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| ECE |
Early Childhood Education |
| ECNZ |
Electricity Corporation of New Zealand |
| EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunities |
| ELT |
Executive Leadership Team |
| EML |
Equitable Mortgages Ltd |
| EQC |
Earthquake Commission |
| EQC Act 1993 |
Earthquake Commission Act 1993 |
| ETCR |
Energy, Transport and Communications Regulation |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FSR |
Fiscal Strategy Report |
| FX |
Foreign Exchange |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GSF |
Government Superannuation Fund |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
| HYEFU |
Half-year Economic and Fiscal Update |
| IAAS |
Infrastructure as a Service |
| IFIs |
International Financial Institutions |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IPANZ |
Institute of Public Administration New Zealand |
| IRD |
Inland Revenue Department |
| MCs |
Ministerial Correspondence |
| MED |
Ministry of Economic Development |
| MFAT |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| MOE |
Ministry of Education |
| MOH |
Ministry of Health |
| MOIAs |
Ministry Official Information Act requests |
| MOU |
Memoranda of Understanding |
| MSD |
Ministry of Social Development |
| MSI |
Ministry of Science and Innovation |
| NCEA |
National Certificate of Educational Achievement |
| NEET |
Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NIU |
National Infrastructure Unit |
| NPF |
National Provident Fund |
| NZ GAAP |
New Zealand Generally Accepted Accounting Practice |
| NZ IFRS |
New Zealand equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards |
| NZDMO |
New Zealand Debt Management Office |
| NZECO |
New Zealand Export Credit Office |
| NZTA |
New Zealand Transport Agency |
| OAG |
Office of the Auditor-General |
| ODI |
Outward Direct Investment |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OIAs |
Official Information Act requests |
| PAYE |
Pay-As-You-Earn |
| PIF |
Performance Improvement Framework |
| PLAs |
Permanent Legislative Authorities |
| PPPs |
Public Private Partnerships |
| PQs |
Parliamentary Questions |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RBNZ |
Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
| RWT |
Resident Withholding Tax |
| S&P |
Standard and Poor's |
| SCF |
South Canterbury Finance |
| SOE |
State-Owned Enterprise |
| SOI |
Statement of Intent |
| SSC |
State Services Commission |
| STR |
Cabinet Strategy Committee |
| TOIAs |
Treasury Official Information Act requests |
| TVNZ |
Television New Zealand Limited |
| VaR |
Value at Risk |
| VfM |
Value for Money |
| WDC |
Waimakariri District Council |
| WFGF |
Wholesale Funding Guarantee Facility |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
