Budget 2025 Information Release

The documents on this page relating to Budget 2025 have been released in response to, and in anticipation of, requests for Budget-related information from the public.

Information withheld from documents

Some parts of this information release have been withheld in line with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant sections of the Act have been applied as it has been determined that the public interest does not outweigh the need to withhold this information. This is the key to the redaction codes used for this release:

• Section 6(a) – to avoid prejudice to the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the government.
• Section 9(2)(b)(ii) – to protect the commercial position of the person who supplied the information or who is the subject of the information. The greater public interest is in ensuring that the commercial position can be maintained.
• Section 9(2)(f)(iv) – to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being, which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials. Release of this information is likely to prejudice the ability of government to consider advice and the wider public interest of effective government would not be served.
• Section 9(2)(g)(i) – to protect the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions. The greater public interest is in the ability of individuals to express opinions in the course of their duty.
• Section 9(2)(h) – to maintain legal professional privilege. The greater public interest is in ensuring that government agencies can continue to obtain confidential legal advice.
• Section 9(2)(j) – to enable the Ministry to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations. The public interest is in ensuring that government agencies can continue to negotiate without prejudice.