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7 November 2017

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Paul Helm, Chief Government Accountant

Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the three months ended 30 September 2017.

The Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the three months ended 30 September 2017 were released by the Treasury today. The statements are compared against forecasts based on the 2017 Budget Economic and Fiscal Update (BEFU) published on 25 May 2017.

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