Central government finance statistics give you information about the annual Crown accounts. These accounts record government transactions with all economic sectors, including households, Crown enterprises, private enterprises, local government, and the rest of the world.
Information releases
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Institutional Sector Accounts
The annual institutional sector accounts information release includes government sector account information as downloadable tables (see supplementary tables).
National Accounts
The annual national accounts information release includes government sector account information as downloadable tables. From 2010, these tables are released with the institutional sector accounts..
Crown Accounts Analysis
No longer published, this release recorded the financial transactions of ministers of the Crown, government departments, and offices of Parliament..
Government Use of Information and Communication Technology
This one-off release looked at government computer and Internet use, website features, and expenditure on ICT.
Reports and articles
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Update on release of government finance statistics for central government (published 2012)
Update of Statistics NZ’s project to extend coverage of government finance statistics to include central government. These statistics will be published annually in a new information release, Government Finance Statistics (Central Government), starting from mid-2013.
Government spending on culture (published 2000)
This report from 2000 looks at the amounts spent on culture through the 1990s by central and local government.
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