Expenditure administered by the Ministry

Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage

In 2004/05 the Ministry incurred expenses of $11.009 million (GST inclusive) in the provision of services under the departmental output classes [1] Heritage Services, International Cultural Diplomacy, and Policy Advice and Grants Administration.

The Ministry also incurred the following expenditure against non-departmental appropriations administered on behalf of the Crown:

five output classes totalling $215.279 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.
ten other expenses appropriations totalling $16.136 million being:
- $2.305 million for New Zealand’s annual contribution to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- $478,000 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 artefacts in Antarctic.
- $10.946 million in grants to regional museums for capital construction projects.
- $316,000 towards the cost of Treaty commemorations held at Waitangi and within communities 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.
- $11,000 for enhancements to the Gallipoli section of the NZHistory.net.nz website, a project to mark the 90th anniversary of Anzac day.
- $104,000 towards the cost of constructing a New Zealand Memorial in London.
- $1.688 million to support the redevelopment of the Theatre Royal in Christchurch.
- $180,000 to enable the Waitangi National Trust Board to design, and to consult with stakeholders on, its proposed building development programme in Waitangi.
$9 million capital contribution to Te Papa for ongoing capital expenditure for museum operations, exhibition research and development, and acquisition of collection items, and an additional allocation of $1.868 million for the costs of upgrading Te Papa’s storage facility in Tory Street, Wellington.
$3.849 million to Radio New Zealand to purchase transmitters in low density population areas to improve transmission arrangements ($99,000), and purchase its Auckland accommodation at
171 Hobson Street ($3.750 million).
$1.805 million capital funding towards the construction of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
$14,000 preliminary expenditure associated with the purchase of land for a National Memorial Park in Wellington.

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 2004/05 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 $42.920 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.
15 miscellaneous grants totalling $49,993, 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.

1. Outputs are defined as goods or services supplied by departments and other entities to external parties. Outputs have a variety of types, including policy advice, the administration of grants, and the provision of specific services. A class of outputs means a grouping of similar outputs.