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Appropriation (2025/26 Estimates) Bill

In short — Arapono’s summary

This bill is the Government's permission slip from Parliament to spend money during the 2025/26 financial year (1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026). Parliament must approve all government spending — this bill does that job. It lists every area the Government wants to spend money on, from hospitals and schools to roads and superannuation. Without this approval, the Government cannot legally spend public money on those things.

What this affects

Tap a topic to see how this bill touches it — with the parts of the text it’s based on.

The bill approves over $28 billion for health services including hospitals, GPs, medicines, and aged care.

From the bill

Delivering Hospital and Specialist Services 15,728,691 $(000)

Delivering Primary, Community, Public and Population Health Services 9,703,427 $(000)

National Pharmaceuticals Purchasing 1,760,435 $(000)

Delivering hauora Māori services 772,739 $(000)

Where parties stand on Health

Progress through Parliament

Introduced

First Reading● Current stage

Select Committee

Second Reading

Committee of the whole House

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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 MP

View the official bill on legislation.govt.nz

Bill 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.