Government Spending 10% open

New Zealand

New Zealand is ranked #16 for this dataset
New Zealand's Index ranking for government spending is up from #38 in 2013

What data is expected?

Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed transactional level; at the level of month to month government expenditure on specific items (usually this means individual records of spending amounts under $1m or even under $100k). (Note: Just a database of contracts awarded or similar is not considered sufficient. This data category refers to detailed ongoing data on actual expenditure)

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? No(as Archive of Month End Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand 2014 to 2000 published by The Treasury)
  •   Is the data available for free? No
  •   Is the data available online? No (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (Excel)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Openly licensed? No(Here)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? No

Details

Data (in Excel format) not at transaction detail, but aggregated monthly for all of government at account item level. Annual figures also available. All individual government agencies also publish online their annual reports, typically in PDF format.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Alex Sadleir
  • Pierre Chrzanowski
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Jonathan Hunt

Submitters

  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Paul Stone
  • Pierre Chrzanowski
  • Jonathan Hunt