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MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister of Māori Affairs (M46)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Te Puni Kokiri
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR TE PUNI KOKIRI: Minister of Māori Affairs
Overview of the Vote#
The Minister of Māori Affairs is responsible for appropriations in the Vote for the 2008/09 financial year covering the following:
- a total of nearly $28 million for Policy Advice, Ministerial Servicing, and the monitoring of Crown Entities and the Māori Television Service by Te Puni Kokiri
- a total of just over $18 million for the design, delivery and management of community investment programmes and the Māori Wardens programme
- a total of nearly $9 million for strengthening relationships with Māori with emphasis on brokerage, co-ordination and facilitation
- a total of nearly $10 million for providing services to the Māori Trustee
- a total of nearly $73 million for the promotion of Māori language and culture through direct funding of broadcasting entities and Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo (Māori Language Commission)
- a total of nearly $23 million for funding Māori Potential through community investment programmes and the Rangatiratanga grants
- a total of nearly $18 million for specific Māori Potential programmes including; Iwi Housing Support, Hui Taumata Taskforce, Māori Womens Development Fund, Wharewaka development, Mataatua Whare and the Regional Tourism Organisations planning
- a total of just over $100,000 for various legislative payments administered by Te Puni Kokiri
- a total of nearly $2 million for capital advances to Māori land owners for compensation loans.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Māori Affairs in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
Details of Appropriations#
Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations
| 2007/08 | 2008/09 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Budgeted $000 |
Estimated Actual $000 |
Budget $000 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Operations Management (M46)Services that support Māori development through the design, delivery, and management of community investment programmes. |
17,304 | 16,915 | 18,187 |
Policy - Crown Māori Relationships (M46)Advice on relationships between Māori people and the Crown. It includes Treaty policy issues, advice on the impact of legislation and running the Waka Umanga Secretariat. |
7,296 | 7,296 | 7,432 |
Policy - Economic and Enterprise (M46)Advice on policies and programmes that specifically impact on the economic and enterprise status of Māori people and resources. It includes the provision of Māori business development services. |
13,941 | 13,622 | 13,584 |
Policy - Social and Cultural (M46)Advice on policies and programmes that specifically impact on the social and cultural status of Māori people and resources. |
7,241 | 7,241 | 6,869 |
Relationships and Information (M46)Strengthening relationships with Māori, with emphasis on brokerage, co-ordination and facilitation to assist Māori to achieve their economic, social and cultural aspirations. |
8,671 | 8,671 | 8,838 |
Services to the Māori Trustee (M46)Provision of full office services to the Māori Trustee. |
6,960 | 6,360 | 9,602 |
EEMED Establishment (M46)To establish the Entity for Enhancing Māori Economic Development including related transitional costs. |
903 | 100 | - |
Total Departmental Output Expenses |
62,316 | 60,205 | 64,512 |
Non-Departmental Output Expenses |
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Administration of Māori Broadcasting (M46)Purchase of administration services from Te Mangai Paho to meet its statutory functions and deliver on the Government's Māori broadcasting policy. |
1,608 | 1,608 | 2,128 |
Iwi Housing Support (M46)Provision of capacity building support for Special Housing Action Zones. |
456 | 456 | 456 |
Māori Radio Broadcasting (M46)Promotion of Māori language and Māori culture through radio broadcasting. |
10,744 | 10,744 | 10,744 |
Māori Television Broadcasting (M46)Promotion of Māori language and Māori culture through television broadcasting. |
40,332 | 40,332 | 40,332 |
Māori Television Channel (M46)Administration costs of the Māori Television channel. |
16,506 | 16,506 | 16,539 |
Matauranga (Knowledge) (M46)Purchasing partnered interventions, tools and investigative studies to support Māori in the acquisition, creation, maintenance and transferral of traditional and contemporary knowledge required to accelerate Māori development. |
6,832 | 6,832 | 7,168 |
Promotion of the Māori Language (M46)Purchase of initiatives to revitalise and develop the Māori language in New Zealand. This includes outputs from Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) and involves the promotion of the Māori language in New Zealand. |
3,204 | 3,204 | 3,204 |
Rawa (Resources) (M46)Purchasing partnered interventions, tools and investigative studies to support Māori access to, utilisation, development and retention of resources required to accelerate Māori development. |
7,497 | 7,497 | 7,168 |
Whakamana (Leadership) (M46)Purchasing partnered interventions, tools and investigative studies to strengthen Māori leadership, governance and management to accelerate Māori development. |
10,618 | 10,618 | 8,108 |
Treaty of Waitangi Touring Exhibition (M46)Continuing to deliver the Treaty 2U tour by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. |
530 | 530 | - |
Total Non-Departmental Output Expenses |
98,327 | 98,327 | 95,847 |
Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses |
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Rangatiratanga Grants (M46)Financial assistance to promote and enhance initiatives for the social, economic and cultural advancement of Māori. |
480 | 480 | 480 |
Total Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses |
480 | 480 | 480 |
Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
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Beyond Hui Taumata (M46)The Hui Taumata Taskforce will progress a number of economic development initiatives for Māori that were recommended as part of the Hui Taumata. |
1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Māori Registration Service (M46)Contribution towards the ongoing cost of a national Māori registration service, which will assist in linking Māori with their tribes and tribal groups and compiling comprehensive and accurate registers of their members. |
626 | 626 | 626 |
Māori Wardens (M46)Assistance to the National Māori Wardens Association to meet administrative costs and to provide funding to Māori Wardens for locally based initiatives that focus on improving outcomes for Māori youth and Whānau. |
178 | 178 | 1,178 |
Māori Women's Development Fund (M46)Provide for the administration of government funding for the Māori Women's Development Fund. |
1,867 | 1,867 | 1,867 |
NZ Māori Council (M46)Administration costs of the New Zealand Māori Council. |
196 | 196 | 196 |
Orakei Act 1991 (M46)Orakei Reserves Board fees and travel expenses in accordance with Section 29 of the Orakei Act 1991. |
7 | 7 | 7 |
Payments to Housing New Zealand Corporation (M46)Forwarding repayments received after the sale of the Māori Housing portfolio to Housing New Zealand Corporation. |
36 | 36 | 36 |
Payments to Trust Boards PLA (M46)Payment of annuities to Māori Trust Boards, in accordance with sections 4(2), 9(2) and 10(2) of the Māori Trust Boards Act 1955. |
37 | 37 | 37 |
Provision for Māori Trustee Debt (M46)The full provisioning of the costs incurred by the Māori Trustee in relation to the funding it receives under the Departmental Output Expense Services to the Māori Trustee. |
6,920 | 6,320 | 4,893 |
Re-erection of the Mataatua Whare (M46)This appropriation is limited to the erection of the Mataatua Whare at Whakatane, and the establishment of related facilities to support cultural tourism and development opportunities. |
2,000 | 2,000 | 5,000 |
Regional Tourism Organisations - Planning (M46)To fund the development of plans for Māori Regional Tourism organisations. |
160 | 160 | 160 |
Te Ariki Trust (M46)Costs of administering the Te Ariki Trust. |
23 | 23 | 21 |
Te Putahi Paoho (M46)Administration costs of Te Putahi Paoho (the Māori Television Electoral College). |
131 | 131 | 131 |
Wharewaka - Wellington Waterfront Development (M46)This appropriation is limited to payments to support the construction of a Wharewaka on the Wellington Waterfront (Taranaki Street Wharf and Lagoon). |
- | - | 7,000 |
Loss from Sale of Mauao Historic Reserve (M46)To facilitate ownership transfer of the Mauao historic reserve (Mt Maunganui) to Tauranga Moana iwi. |
50 | - | - |
S460A Loans Write-off (M46)This appropriation is limited to the write-off of loans issued under Section 460A of the Māori Affairs Act 1953. |
156 | 156 | - |
Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
13,387 | 12,737 | 22,152 |
Departmental Capital Expenditure |
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Te Puni Kokiri - Capital Expenditure PLA (M46)This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Te Puni Kokiri, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989 |
1,260 | 1,260 | 4,687 |
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure |
1,260 | 1,260 | 4,687 |
Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure |
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Rural Lending (M46)Advances to Māori landowners for compensation loans granted under the provision of Part II of the Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989. |
1,922 | 350 | 1,922 |
Administration of Māori Broadcasting (M46)Capital payment to Te Mangai Paho for refurbishment of office premises to accommodate current staffing and activities. |
160 | 160 | - |
Māori Television Channel (M46)Work for the digitisation of the Māori Television Channel. |
1,600 | 1,600 | - |
Total Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure |
3,682 | 2,110 | 1,922 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations |
179,452 | 175,119 | 189,600 |
Details of Projected Movements in Departmental
Net Assets#
Te Puni Kokiri
| Details of Net Asset Schedule | Estimated Actual 2007/08 $000 |
Projected 2008/09 $000 |
Explanation of Projected Movements in 2008/09 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Balance | 4,764 | 4,764 | |
| Capital Injections | - | 1,383 | Increase in 2008/09 is mainly for the purchase of new computer software, motor vehicles and equipment to support the Māori Wardens Programme and Māori Trustee capability increases. |
| Capital Withdrawals | - | - | |
| Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred) | - | - | |
| Other Movements | - | - | |
| Closing Balance | 4,764 | 6,147 |