Budget 2025
The Government has allocated just over $80 million over the forecast period to ensure the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha can continue its work to improve the lives of disabled people.
Read more about funding for the Ministry in the Government's 2025 Budget website. external URL
| Entity | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | 2027/28 | 2028/29 | Total |
| Ministry of Disabled People - Whaikaha | 20.411 | 20.411 | 20.411 | 20.411 | 81.644 |
| Total funding | 20.411 | 20.411 | 20.411 | 20.411 | 81.644 |
The Ministry’s budget is made up of $18.715 million each year for system-level leadership, strategic policy advice and stewardship. This includes monitoring of disabled people’s outcomes across government, strategic policy advice for Ministers, supporting government relationships with the disability community, and coordinating the government’s alternate formats accessibility work.
A further $1.696 million is allocated towards disabled community development and capability-building, including grants and financial assistance towards disabled community development.
Note: Vote Disabled People was established from 1 December 2024 with a transfer of funding from Vote Social Development. Prior to 2022/23 the functions were delivered through Vote Health.
Disability related initiatives
Other Budget 2025 initiatives may be of interest to the disability community.
Please note this is not a definitive list, and Whaikaha is not the lead agency for most of these initiatives. They have been identified in the Summary of Initiatives for Budget 2025.