Putting It Together: An Explanatory Guide to the New Zealand Public Sector Financial Management System

Published 18 Jun 1996
Page updated 15 Sep 2011

This publication is a brief introduction to the New Zealand public sector financial management system for interested members of the public, Parliament, Government departments and agencies, students who want an overview and enquirers from overseas.

At the end of the publication is a list of other resources to help you find more information on the financial management system.

This is superseded by Putting It Together (2011).

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Introduction	pit-intro.pdf(343 KB)
Chapter 1 Introducing Public Sector Financial Management The purpose of New Zealand's public sector financial management system and the structures within which it operates.	pit-ch1.pdf(434 KB)
Chapter 2 - Explaining Key Concepts Key ideas behind the design of New Zealand's public sector financial management system, and some of the terms used.	pit-ch2.pdf(669 KB)
Chapter 3 - Planning and Budgeting Negotiating and decision-making processes that comprise the Budget cycle.	pit-ch3.pdf(633 KB)
Chapter 4 - Authority from Parliament Appropriation, the constitutional process whereby Parliament authorises the Government to use public resources for specified purposes.	pit-ch4.pdf(409 KB)
Chapter 5 - Managing Efficiently Public sector financial management tools that improve the performance of the public sector.	pit-ch5.pdf(263 KB)
Chapter 6 - The Wider Crown Estate State-owned enterprises and Crown entities.	pit-ch6.pdf(502 KB)
Chapter 7 - Reporting on Results Requirements for reporting by departments and by the Crown as a whole.	pit-ch7.pdf(503 KB)
Chapter 8 - Scrutiny by Parliament Parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's performance and the way it updates the authority Parliament provides the Government during the year.	pit-ch8.pdf(353 KB)
Chapter 9 - Putting it Together Summing up the existing system and how it is evolving. Appendices Appendix A - The Public Finance Act 1989 Appendix B - Reporting Required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994 Appendix C - Abbreviations Further Reading Index	pit-ch9.pdf(523 KB)

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Putting It Together: An Explanatory Guide to the New Zealand Public Sector Financial Management System

Introduction

Chapter 1 Introducing Public Sector Financial Management

Chapter 2 - Explaining Key Concepts

Chapter 3 - Planning and Budgeting

Chapter 4 - Authority from Parliament

Chapter 5 - Managing Efficiently

Chapter 6 - The Wider Crown Estate

Chapter 7 - Reporting on Results

Chapter 8 - Scrutiny by Parliament

Chapter 9 - Putting it Together

Appendices

Further Reading

Index