Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Te Manatū mō Ngā Iwi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Agency overview
Formed1990; 34 years ago (1990)[1]
JurisdictionNew Zealand
HeadquartersLevel 2
101-103 The Terrace,
Wellington
WELLINGTON 6140
Employees48 FTE staff[2]
Annual budgetVote Pacific Peoples
Total budget for 2019/20
Increase$19,863,000[3]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Ms Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone, Secretary for Pacific Peoples and Chief Executive, Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Websitewww.mpp.govt.nz

The Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP), formerly the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on policies and issues affecting Pasifika communities in New Zealand. MPP seeks to promote the status of Pasifika peoples in New Zealand by keeping them informed of the issues, then acting as an advocate in dealing with other state sector organisations.[4]

  1. ^ Whimp 2012, p. 273.
  2. ^ "Microsoft Word – ise08-v8-ffs-minpac.doc" (PDF). Treasury.govt.nz. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Treasury.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ^ "What We Do". Ministry for Pacific Peoples. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.