Health

• $330 million increase in Vote: Health.

• $84 million a year built into permanent baselines to maintain gains in reducing waiting times for elective services and an additional $7.4 million above the $50 million increase in last year's budget for mental health.

• $3.9 million to improve the cervical screening programme.

Social Services

• $184.4 million over the next four years for the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services to implement Mick Brown's report: Care and Protection is about Adult Behaviour.

• A $44.7 million package to assist beneficiaries make the transition from welfare to work.

• $31.1 million to support "for community, by community" programmes.

Housing

• Funding to build 125 new community houses and to extend rent relief to cash-strapped community housing tenants.

• Commitment to build an additional 300 new state houses this year and to upgrade further 9000.

• More money into the rural home loans scheme.

Maori Affairs

• Overview from Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia on policies to strengthen Maori communities and advance Maori economically.

• $10 million a year for Maori television.

• $15 million over three years to directly resource local Maori initiatives.

Pacific Peoples

• $500,000 increase to the Pacific Business Trust.

• $2.8 million for Pacific health providers [contained in the health statements.]

Sports and Culture

• $100 million over the next five years to implement the recommendations of the Sport, Fitness and Leisure review.

• Funding package to support regional museums and galleries

Immigration

• Near doubling of the budget for refugee resettlement services.

Mediation

• Additional money to support the new Mediation Service.

Electoral Issues

• Improvements to electoral services, and to speed up vote counting on election night.