Expenditure Administered by the Ministry

Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage

In 2003/04 the Ministry incurred expenses of $9.405 million (GST inclusive) in the provision of services under the departmental output classes Heritage Services, and Policy Advice and Grants Administration. The Ministry received a capital contribution of $150,000 in 2003/04.

The Ministry also administered the following non-departmental appropriations:

five output classes totalling $183.305 million for services supplied, mainly by arts, heritage and broadcasting Crown entities, comprising: ballet, orchestral, museum, public broadcasting, film archive and Māori performing arts activities, protection for historic places, and the promotion and support of New Zealand films and the arts.
six other expenses appropriations totalling $11.264 million:
$2.213 million for New Zealand's annual contribution to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
$328,000 on the development and maintenance of war graves, historic graves and monuments in New Zealand and overseas.
$100,000 towards the preservation of historic sites and artifacts in Antarctica.
$8.3 million in grants to regional museums for capital construction projects.
$315,000 towards the cost of Treaty commemorations held at Waitangi and elsewhere in New Zealand.
$8,000 towards the operating costs of the Pūkaki Trust, which acts as the guardian on behalf of the Crown for the taonga Pūkaki in Rotorua.
$9 million capital contribution to Te Papa for ongoing capital expenditure for museum operations, exhibition research and development, and the acquisition of collection items.
$511,000 capital funding towards the construction of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.

The Ministry was responsible for making payments for the services supplied under non-departmental appropriations, for ensuring that these appropriations were not exceeded, and for managing and monitoring on behalf of Ministers the Crown's interests in these organisations.

Vote Sport and Recreation

In 2003/04 the Ministry incurred expenses of $110,000 (GST inclusive) in the provision of services under the departmental output class Purchase Advice and Monitoring of Sport and Recreation Crown Entities.

The Ministry also administered the following non-departmental appropriations:

three output classes totalling $29.262 million for services supplied by the New Zealand Sports Drug Agency and Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC).
$5 million to Sport Education Scholarships to enable emerging and talented New Zealanders to pursue tertiary study and elite-level sport development concurrently.
16 miscellaneous grants totalling $49,900 to support sports-related initiatives including participation in sport and recreation activities for groups, individuals and organisations that are unable to obtain support through organisations such as SPARC, local government and the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board.
$50,000 to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.