Glossary

Estimates of Annual Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand ('Estimates')

The title of the Government's request for appropriations (money) presented to the House of Representatives. The Estimates are a statement of the proposed expenses and liabilities to be incurred by the Crown or the Crown's proposed expenditure of public money prepared in accordance with the Public Finance Act. The Estimates presented at Budget time are known as the Main Estimates. Supplementary Estimates may be presented later in the financial year.