25335 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister of Internal Affairs

25335 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister of Internal Affairs: How much funding, if any, has been allocated to capital works by the each of the Minister’s responsible agencies, if any, during the 2025/26 financial year?

Hon Brooke van Velden: The Department of Internal Affairs (the Department) I am advised by the Department that for the 2025/26 financial year, it has allocated $100 million to capital works. The Lotteries Commission Nil. Fire and Emergency New Zealand I am advised that Fire and Emergency’s allocated spending on capital works for the 2025/26 financial year is $96.5 million (funded through insurance levy receipts). A further $21.4 million of capital spending is proposed to be funded by the Government’s Next Generation Critical Communications (NGCC) project. Office of Film and Literature Classification Nil.