Ministerial services involves the provision of services in respect of draft replies to correspondence, including Official Information Act requests and Ombudsman's enquiries, and to Parliamentary Questions, addressed to the Minister of Tourism as referred from other Ministers.

Quantity, Quality, Timeliness and Cost

Specific deliverables relating to the agreed work programme are as follows:

Work Programme

All policy advice projects were delivered in accordance with the terms of the work programme as agreed with the Minister.

Key deliverables in the work programme for the year included:

The development of a national tourism strategy and implementation of associated initiatives by 31 March 2001.

The New Zealand Tourism Strategy was completed and provided to the Minister in May 2001. The delayed timeframe was negotiated with the Minister and the Chair of the Tourism Strategy Group to accommodate further consultation.

Cabinet then directed that an initial report be provided on implementation in July 2001.

Implementation and administration of national tourism research initiatives including the Research and Forecasting Clearing House by 30 June 2001.

Quarterly meetings of the Tourism Research Council were held. Discussion papers were provided to the Council and briefings were provided to the Minister.

Key research published during the year:

1997 Tourism Satellite Account;
Commercial Accommodation Monitor (monthly); and
2000-2006 Tourism Forecasts (International, Domestic and Outbound).

(Work on the next set of tourism satellite accounts, supplementary forecasting and the new dissemination and audit systems was not completed and has been deferred to 2001/2002.)

Monitoring the performance of the New Zealand Tourism Board (NZTB) by 30 June 2001.

The annual report on 1999/2000 NZTB performance was provided to the Minister in September 2000.

The first quarterly report was delivered while the second and third quarter reports were combined. This decision was discussed with the Minister's office. The combined report will be provided to the Minister in August 2001.

Advice was provided on an NZTB borrowing proposal.

Policy development and advice on sustainable tourism issues from an economic, social, cultural and environmental perspective, as required.

Advice was provided on:

Immigration
Air Services
Trout fishery
Tourism and crime
Taxation
Infrastructure.

Coverage

The Office of Tourism and Sport (OTSp) provided a comprehensive service which had the capacity:

to react promptly to Ministerial requests;
to provide timely and relevant briefings on significant issues;
to evaluate on a regular basis major policies affecting tourism; and
to provide support for the Ministerial for Cabinet Committees, Select Committees and in the House.

Quality

An external review of policy advice by an independent consultant concluded that policy papers and documents produced by OTSp met the quality criteria as outlined in the Vote: Tourism Purchase Agreement.

Cost

(Figures are GST exclusive)

	2001 Main Estimates	2001 Supple- mentary Estimates	2001 Actual	2000 Actual
	$000	$000	$000	$000
Revenue:
Crown	2,083	1,769	1,754	1,549
Other	-	2	2	-
Total Revenue	2,083	1,771	1,756	1,549
Expenses:
Annual appropriations	2,083	1,771	1,756	1,526
Other appropriations	-	-	-	-
Total Expenses	2,083	1,771	1,756	1,526
Net Surplus/(Deficit)	-	-	-	23

Revenue Other was derived from miscellaneous.

Major Budget Variances

The Supplementary Estimates adjustments provide for an expense transfer to 2001/2002 following a delay in completion of certain tourism research projects (-$314,000).

The Department of Internal Affairs previously provided these outputs. 2000 comparatives are included for information purposes only.

Output Class D2 - Wairakei Tourist Park: Development and Management

This output class involves maintenance of the Wairakei Tourist Park and its facilities, relationship management with concessionaires and stakeholders, including iwi, and the management and harvesting of the Park's forest assets.

Quantity, Quality, Timeliness and Cost

(Performance standards are in brackets where applicable.)

Quantity

The following were managed throughout the year.

Forest:

615 (584) hectares pine;
170 (92) hectares other species.

Farmland:

243.5 (92) hectares leased for grazing. (An audit of Wairakei Tourist Park revealed that the area of grazing land was greater than originally audited several years ago.)

Infrastructure:

one (1) jetty, one (1) viewing platform, one (1) administration building; 28,153 metres of roads and tracks over 70 (70) hectares of land.

Tourism Operator Concessions:

11 (10-15) existing arrangements were managed.

Revenue target for forestry sales:

$0.9m ($1.100m). (Target figure included concessionaire revenue).

Quality and Timeliness

Concession agreements are managed and all rentals and concessions collected as specified in the individual agreements:

Rent was collected from 10 of the 11 concessionaires within specified timeframes.

Park infrastructure is maintained in good repair and amenity value of the park enhanced:

Amenity planting silviculture and maintenance programme fully completed for the year, in accordance with agreed programme and best practice.

Compliance with by-laws, Resource Management Act 1991 and other relevant legislation.

A recent statutory compliance audit identified areas of the Park that need to be addressed. An action plan for addressing these issues has been established.

Cost

(Figures are GST exclusive)

	2001 Main Estimates	2001 Supple- mentary Estimates	2001 Actual	2000 Actual
	$000	$000	$000	$000
Revenue:
Crown	1,127	1,127	1,069	1,185
Other	-	-	1	-
Total Revenue	1,127	1,127	1,070	1,185
Expenses:
Annual appropriations	1,127	1,127	1,070	972
Other appropriations	-	-	-	-
Total Expenses	1,127	1,127	1,070	972
Net Surplus/(Deficit)	-	-	-	213

Revenue Other was derived from miscellaneous.

The Department of Internal Affairs previously provided these outputs. 2000 comparatives are included for information purposes only.

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