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New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
195 Lambton Quay
6 October 2025
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
T +64 4 439 8000
F +64 4 472 9596
Chris McCashin
OIA 30402
[FYI request #32104 email]
Tēnā koe Chris McCashin
Thank you for your email of 24 August 2025 to the Treasury in which you requested
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). On 8 September 2025, the
following parts of your request were transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (MFAT) under section 14(b) of the OIA for response:
“Annual Payments to International Organizations:
•
Please provide a breakdown of the annual payments made by New Zealand to
international organizations, including but not limited to:
o
United Nations (UN): annual contributions
o
World Health Organization (WHO): annual contributions
o
Other UN agencies: annual contributions (please specify)
Other Global Commitments:
•
Please provide information on any other annual payments made by New
Zealand in fulfillment of global commitments, including:
o
Climate change initiatives: annual payments
o
Sustainable development goals: annual payments
o
Other global initiatives: annual payments (please specify)”
Timeframe: Please provide the information for 2015 - this year
Format: I would appreciate it if you could provide the information in a digital
format (e.g., PDF or CSV).
You requested information on annual contributions and payments. The Ministry has
interpreted your request to refer specifically to the subscriptions to International
Organisations appropriation, which covers regular annual membership contributions.
Broader payments such as grants or project funding and other one-off payments to
entities like the United Nations and UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) fall outside
this scope and are not included.
Please find attached all relevant annual payments in response to your request.
For your reference, the Ministry has proactively released an OIA response relating to all
payments made to the United Nations, which may be of interest:
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/OIA/OIA-2025/OIA-30275-UN-Payments-for-the-past-
7-years-12-August-2025.pdf.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) Budgets may also be of interest and can be found
on the WTO website
: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/secre_e/budget_e.htm
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official
information requests where possible. Therefore, our response to your request (with your
personal information removed) may be published on the Ministry website:
www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/contact-us/official-information-act-responses/
If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at:
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Sarah Corbett
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade