Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill
This bill is Parliament giving the government permission to spend money during the 2024/25 financial year, which runs from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Without this permission, the government cannot legally pay for services like hospitals, schools, police, and benefits. The bill lists every area of spending and sets a dollar limit for each one. It also allows some spending to be approved across several years for bigger projects.
What this affects
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The bill sets aside billions of dollars for hospitals, specialist services, community health, medicines, and aged care across New Zealand.
Delivering Hospital and Specialist Services 14,610,883 $(000)
Delivering Primary, Community, Public and Population Health Services 9,087,520 $(000)
National Pharmaceuticals Purchasing 1,581,634 $(000)
Progress through Parliament
Have your say
Submissions open once a bill reaches the select committee stage. In the meantime, you can write to your local MP about it.
Write to your MPBill text sourced from legislation.govt.nz (Parliamentary Counsel Office). Arapono’s summary and breakdown are drafted with AI grounded in that official text and reviewed by an Arapono editor for accuracy and neutrality before publishing. Arapono is non-partisan and takes no position on this bill.