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Budget 25: Potential impact of baseline reduction to Ministry of Culture and Heritage
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Budget 25 Moratorium 14 April-22 May 2025
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New structure Go Live
Decision doc released 24 July
15 Sept
Consultation on Proposal
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EOI
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document
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Shortlist
Interview & Appointments
Sport Policy transition
Budget Announcement
VR process closes 4 July, complete 23 July
External recruitment
Key reductions
Potential reductions by role type
To achieve a $2.00m baseline reduction from the Ministry’s departmental baseline, both targeted and cross Ministry reductions will be proposed. The
Role type
Current
Proposed
proposal in development will need to further reduce the number of Ministry personnel to approximately 132, with up to 8 additional roles reducing
through the year as transition work is completed. This means the Ministry will be doing less with less.
Senior Leadership
5
3
These include potential cross Ministry reductions of:
Managers & Leads
20
21 (2 FT)
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Tier 2 leaders: from five down to three
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Groups: from five groups to three, plus a small Office of the CE (consolidation of Māori-Crown and delivery, and strategic and corporate functions)
Principal Advisers
19
15
•
Principal Advisers: reduction of Principal Advisers across the Ministry.
Advisers and Admin
111
93 (6 FT)
In addition to this, there are three key areas where targeted reductions will be considered:
• Policy
• Heritage content and programming
Potential role split by functional grouping
• System performance, monitoring and appointments.
Grouping
Proposed
Percentage of
To cause the least impact to areas of Ministerial priority, and to ensure we are focused on our core business (including meeting our statutory and
headcount
workforce
legislative obligations), the proposal will likely identify the heritage content and programming functions as the focus area for reductions – while
maintaining sufficient resource to meet our stewardship responsibilities. Other key reductions focus on streamlining of administrative supports and
design and production functions. The final proposal should enable the Ministry to operate within expected fiscal baselines next year and in outyears.
Corporate
35
26%
Key dates and actions
Delivery
41
31%
•
22 May (morning pre budget): notify PSA of change
Policy
51
39%
•
22 May (afternoon post Budget announcement): notify MCH staff of change
•
23 May- 10 June: Design stage
Office of the
RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 CE
5
4%
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11 June: affected staff will be notified
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12 June: Proposal released
Total
132
•
15 Sept: Go Live with new structure
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Proposal released 27 May
New structure Go Live 1 Sept
Decision doc released 22 Jul
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Develop proposal
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EOI
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Analyse feedback
Shortlist
Interview
Sport Policy transition
Budget Announcement
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Proposal released 17 June
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Consultation on Proposal
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Develop decision document
EOI
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Analyse feedback
Shortlist
Interview & Appointments
Sport Policy transition
Budget Announcement
VR process closes 4 July, complete 23 July
External recruitment
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Document Outline
