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Budget 2025 - Health
28th May 25, 11:37am
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This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned health spending for the 2025/26 budget year.
Actual spending for the previous five years is on the left.
The numbers are are drawn together from the Vote Health Links. The primary sources used, from Treasury's website, can be found at the bottom of the page.
Please note that some of the allocation titles have been shortened for the sake of space.
Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$. Due to the new health reforms, the allocation by DHB is no longer available.
| Actual 2020/21 | Actual 2021/22 | Actual 2022/23 | Actual 2023/24 | Estimate 2024/25 | Budget 2025/26 | % | |
| NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | ||
| 11.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Māori Health Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 17.3 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Health Services Funding | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Health and Disability System Reform | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 109.2 | 120.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Child Health Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 154.9 | 166.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | West Coast DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 167.7 | 182.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Wairarapa DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 169.6 | 185.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Emergency Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 191.2 | 207.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tairāwhiti DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 196.3 | 208.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Health Workforce Training and Development | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 207.3 | 219.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | South Canterbury DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 217.1 | 236.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Maternity Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 191.2 | 241.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mental Health Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 240.0 | 280.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Equity Support for DHB deficits & Capital projects | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 263.5 | 282.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Whanganui DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 382.8 | 422.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Lakes DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 401.1 | 427.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Taranaki DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 320.1 | 448.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | IT, Policy, Regulatory, Payment & Planning Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 938.7 | 484.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Public Health Service Purchasing | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 457.9 | 485.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hutt DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 466.5 | 532.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Planned Care Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 518.9 | 561.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Nelson-Marlborough DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 588.1 | 645.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hawkes Bay DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 605.9 | 646.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | MidCentral DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 706.9 | 781.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Northland DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 856.6 | 935.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Bay of Plenty DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 876.1 | 943.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Capital and Coast DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,035.2 | 1,107.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,405.0 | 1,526.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Waikato DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,490.1 | 1,617.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Auckland DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,648.6 | 1,772.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Canterbury DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,649.8 | 1,806.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Counties-Manukau DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,658.9 | 1,870.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | National Disability Support Services | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 1,734.5 | 1,871.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Waitematā DHB | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.2 | 10.9 | 0.0 | Capital Investment | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 145.8 | 1,563.3 | 903.9 | 70.3 | 0.0 | Implementing the COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 360.0 | 2,473.7 | 1,180.8 | 177.4 | 0.0 | National Response to COVID-19 Across the Health Sector | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | Redress for Abuse in Care | 1.6 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Aged Care Commissioner | 2.1 | 0.0% |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | International Health Organisations | 3.1 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | Strengthening Pacific Health Systems | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 18.0 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 28.9 | 20.0 | Problem Gambling Services | 25.7 | 0.1% |
| 102.9 | 167.9 | 62.6 | 75.7 | 500.3 | Capital Expenditure, Operating, Monitoring, Payments & Legal Expenses | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Standby Credit to Support Health System Liquidity | 200.0 | 0.6% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 228.7 | 269.1 | 230.8 | Stewardship of the New Zealand health system | 228.7 | 0.7% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 285.8 | 1,268.0 | Remediation and resolution of Holidays Act 2003 historical claims | 325.0 | 1.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 217.6 | 704.1 | 766.2 | Delivering hauora Māori services | 772.7 | 2.5% |
| 0.0 | 32.4 | 62.6 | 100.1 | 190.0 | New Dunedin Hospital 2021-2026 | 1,062.5 | 3.4% |
| 966.2 | 425.0 | 1,591.6 | 521.6 | 1,312.7 | Health Capital Envelope | 1,124.5 | 3.6% |
| 30.3 | 25.5 | 1,215.3 | 1,836.1 | 1,721.1 | Management of Pharmaceuticals | 1,792.9 | 5.8% |
| 439.9 | 449.6 | 8,199.2 | 8,668.1 | 9,110.1 | Delivering Primary, Community, Public & Population Health Services | 9,703.4 | 31.2% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 12,917.2 | 14,381.8 | 14,841.0 | Delivering Hospital and Specialist Services | 15,728.7 | 50.7% |
| 21,943 | 26,440 | 26,628 | 27,135 | 29,984 | Total Spending | 31,052 | 100.0% |
| Less: Recoveries | |||||||
| 19 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Miscellaneous | 0 | 0.0% |
| 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 15 | Alcohol Levy | 0 | 0.0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | Receipts from Pharmac | 0 | 0.0% |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ACC - Reimbursement of Medical Misadventure Costs | 6 | 0.0% |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | ACC - Reimbursement of Complex Burns Costs | 9 | 0.0% |
| 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | Equity repayments by DHBs | 12 | 0.0% |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ACC - Reimbursement of Self-Employed Public Hospital Costs | 13 | 0.0% |
| 17 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 35 | Repayment of Residential Care Loans | 35 | 0.1% |
| 32 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | ACC - Reimbursement of Work-Related Public Hospital Costs | 56 | 0.2% |
| 59 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 97 | ACC - Reimbursement of Motor Vehicle-Related Public Hospital Costs | 103 | 0.4% |
| 121 | 135 | 152 | 168 | 201 | ACC - Reimbursement of Earners' Non-Work-Related Public Hospital Costs | 213 | 0.7% |
| 250 | 305 | 430 | 476 | 576 | Payment of Capital Charge by DHBs | 576 | 2.0% |
| 367 | 416 | 468 | 520 | 619 | ACC - Reimbursement of Non-Earners Account | 657 | 2.2% |
| 895 | 1,025 | 1,234 | 1,357 | 1,920 | Total Recoveries | 1,680 | 5.7% |
| 21,048 | 25,415 | 25,394 | 25,778 | 28,063 | Net Health | 29,372 | 100.0% |
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Sources: You can download the data behind these tables from the NZ Government website here.
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