July - December 2013: Director-General's expenses, gifts and hospitality

View a list of the Director-General's expenses, plus gifts and hospitality accepted for the period July - December 2013.

View the Director-General's expenses, plus gifts and hospitality accepted for the period July - December 2013.
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Travel
Hospitality provided
Other
Gifts and hospitality received

Travel

Director-General's travel expenses
Date	Amount (NZ$)	Purpose	Nature	Location
International travel expenses (credit card)
1 July - 31 December 2013	NIL	No overseas travel for this period
International travel expenses (non-credit card)
1 July - 31 December 2013	NIL	No overseas travel for this period
Domestic travel expenses (credit card)
30 June 2013	40.00	Wairarapa/Napier visit	Fuel for vehicle	Wellington
2 July 2013	23.00	NZ Forestry Institute conference	Carparking	Wellington
18 July 2013	46.00	Christchurch/Northland visits	Carparking	Wellington
24 July 2013	18.00	East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservancy visit	Carparking	Wellington
26 July 2013	23.00	Nelson Conservancy visit	Carparking	Wellington
27 July 2013	30.80	Nelson Conservancy visit	Taxi charges	Nelson
31 July 2013	18.00	Southland Conservancy visit	Carparking	Wellington
5 August 2013	79.59	Government House visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
6 August 2013	46.00	Southland/Otago Conservancy visit	Carparking	Wellington
6 August 2013	39.50	Southland/Otago Conservancy visit	Meals	Dunedin
6 August 2013	38.50	Southland/Otago Conservancy visit	Fuel for hire car	Dunedin
13 August 2013	24.50	Auckland stakeholder visits	Carparking	Auckland
14 August 2013	25.50	Auckland stakeholder visits	Carparking	Auckland
15 August 2013	92.76	Auckland stakeholder visits	Fuel for hire car	Auckland
16 August 2013	18.00	Taupo Conservancy visit	Carparking	Wellington
20 August 2013	18.00	Hamilton/Auckland Conservancy visits	Carparking	Wellington
27 August 2013	18.00	AusIMM Conference	Carparking	Wellington
3 September 2013	18.00	West Coast Conservancy visit	Carparking	Wellington
17 September 2013	26.70	Hokitika Regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
20 September 2013	11.01	Hokitika Regional visit	Coffee	Hokitika
22 September 2013	32.60	Hokitika Regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
26 September 2013	28.41	Taxi charges within Wellington	Taxi charges	Wellington
27 September 2013	63.01	Taxi charges within Wellington	Taxi charges	Wellington
30 September 2013	32.60	Taxi charges within Wellington	Taxi charges	Wellington
2 October 2013	2.20	Northland Regional visit	Road tolls	Northland
2 October 2013	29.00	Northland Regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
3 October 2013	48.79	Northland Regional visit	Meals	Northland
4 October 2013	42.00	Northland Regional visit	Fuel for hire car	Northland
5 October 2013	50.00	Northland Regional visit	Meals	Northland
6 October 2013	46.00	Northland Regional visit	Meals	Wellington
6 October 2013	84.67	Northland Regional visit	Fuel for hire car	Auckland
6 October 2013	42.17	Northland Regional visit	Meals	Dargaville
7 October 2013	35.10	Northland Regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
8 October 2013	40.70	NZCA/Regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
11 October 2013	31.50	Transport	Taxi charges	Christchurch
17 October 2013	28.00	Southland visit	Meals	Invercargill
18 October 2013	160.00	Stewart Island visit	Airfare	Stewart Islands
21 October 2013	65.19	Southland visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
25 October 2013	29.30	Transport	Taxi charges	Wellington
29 October 2013	42.10	Transport	Taxi charges	Wellington
30 October 2013	29.30	Central NI Regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
31 October 2013	8.00	Central NI Regional visit	Breakfast	Napier
6 November 2013	76.80	Transport	Taxi charges	Christchurch
11 November 2013	39.70	Alexandra/Wanaka/Q'Town regional visit	Taxi charges	Wellington
19 November 2013	18.70	Taxi to meeting	Taxi charges	Wellington
22 November 2013	31.40	Transport	Taxi charges	Wellington
25 November 2013	12.80	MOC meeting	Taxi charges	Wellington
25 November 2013	31.50	Te Waka a Maui Iwi Chairs Forum	Taxi charges	Wellington
30 November 2013	85.00	Waikato office/Thames Conf/Whitianga visit	Meals	Hahei
2 December 2013	55.51	Waikato office/Thames Conf/Whitianga visit	Fuel for hire car	Hahei
9 December 2013	15.30	Transport	Taxi charges	Wellington
13 December 2013	81.40	Taxi to Hamilton Function	Taxi charges	Hamilton
14 December 2013	5.00	Tarawera Track Opening	Airport tax	Rotorua
14 December 2013	10.01	Tarawera Track Opening	Coffee	Rotorua
Subtotal domestic (credit card)	$2,088.58
Domestic travel expenses (non-credit card)
14 January 2013	-241.17	Ngati Whare	Airfare - refunded	Rotorua
6 June 2013	58.65	Ashburton High Country Conference	Vehicle transport for trip	Christchurch
1 July 2013	169.10	NZ Forestry Institute conference	Accommodation	New Plymouth
17 July 2013	178.70	Christchurch Conservancy visit	Accommodation	Christchurch
17 July 2013	51.00	Christchurch Conservancy visit	Meal	Christchurch
24 July 2013	28.98	East Coast/Bay of Plenty Conservancy visit	Airfare	EC/BOP
26 July 2013	216.58	Nelson Conservancy visit	Accommodation	Nelson
6 August 2013	157.61	Southland/Otago Conservancy visit	Accommodation	Dunedin
6 August 2013	662.52	Southland/Otago Conservancy visit	Airfare	Invercargill
6 August 2013	100.05	Southland/Otago Conservancy visit	Vehicle transport for trip	Invercargill
9 August 2013	152.10	Interim DG travel	Airfare	Wellington
13 August 2013	567.61	Auckland stakeholder visits	Accommodation	Auckland
13 August 2013	109.25	Auckland stakeholder visits	Vehicle transport for trip	Auckland
20 August 2013	168.36	Hamilton/Auckland Conservancy visits	Vehicle transport for trip	Hamilton/Auckland
27 August 2013	359.96	AusIMM Conference	Airfare	Nelson
3 September 2013	795.11	West Coast Conservancy visit	Airfare	Hokitika
23 September 2013	202.68	Air NZ function	Accommodation	Auckland
2 October 2013	40.25	Northland area visit	Road tolls	Northland
2 October 2013	227.90	Northland area visit	Vehicle transport for trip	Northland
2 October 2013	285.25	Northland Regional visit	Accommodation	Auckland
2 October 2013	612.23	Northland Regional visit	Airfare	Auckland
8 October 2013	434.93	NZCA/Regional visit	Airfare	Blenheim
14 October 2013	145.62	YEP Conf/Regional staff visit	Accommodation	Dunedin
14 October 2013	894.67	YEP Conf/Regional staff visit	Airfare	Dunedin
30 October 2013	327.04	Central NI Regional visit	Airfare	Taupo
1 November 2013	594.12	Central NI Regional visit	Airfare	Taupo
7 November 2013	648.97	Alexandra/Wanaka/Q'Town regional visit	Airfare	Queenstown
7 November 2013	80.50	Alexandra/Wanaka/Q'Town regional visit	Vehicle transport for trip	Wellington
15 November 2013	276.54	Hamilton visit	Airfare	Hamilton
20 November 2013	125.58	Field visit	Accommodation	Hahei
25 November 2013	382.70	Te Waka a Maui Iwi Chairs Forum	Airfare	Nelson
29 November 2013	218.67	Thames Conference/Waikato Area Staff visit/ECO conference	Airfare	Hamilton
29 November 2013	133.49	Thames Conference/Waikato Area Staff visit/ECO conference	Accommodation	Auckland
29 November 2013	146.05	Thames Conference/Waikato Area Staff visit/ECO conference	Vehicle transport for trip	Hamilton
1 December 2013	50.00	Wellington bus transport	Bus fare	Wellington
2 December 2013	97.74	Waikato office/Thames Conf/Whitianga visit	Airfare	Auckland
9 December 2013	133.70	Hamilton Office visit	Accommodation	Hamilton
14 December 2013	128.85	Tarawera Track Opening	Airfare	Hamilton
31 December 2013	36.00	Wellington bus transport	Bus fare	Wellington
Subtotal domestic (non-credit card)	$9,757.85
Total travel expenses (including GST)	$11,846.44

Hospitality provided

Director-General's hospitality provided expenses
Date	Amount (NZ$)	Purpose	Nature	Location
Hospitality provided expenses (credit card)
12 July 2013	15.00	Coffee meeting	Coffee	Wellington
15 July 2013	42.90	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
17 July 2013	84.50	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
5 August 2013	42.70	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
23 August 2013	23.81	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
29 August 2013	63.30	Business meeting	Dinner	Wellington
2 September 2013	38.20	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
12 September 2013	155.00	D-G's farewell cake	Farewell function	Wellington
27 September 2013	17.00	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
15 October 2013	20.00	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
16 October 2013	63.50	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
5 November 2013	33.40	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
12 November 2013	31.90	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
13 November 2013	27.30	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
19 November 2013	11.50	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
19 November 2013	73.13	Business meeting	Food supplies	Wellington
22 November 2013	16.50	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
11 December 2013	22.60	Business meeting	Breakfast	Wellington
Subtotal (credit card)	$782.22
Hospitality provided expenses (non-credit card)
27 September 2013	26.50	Business meeting	Lunch	Wellington
Subtotal (non-credit card)	$26.50
Total hospitality expenses (including GST)	$808.71

Other

Director-General's other expenses
Date	Amount (NZ$)	Purpose	Nature	Location
Other expenses (credit card)
5 July 2013	52.50	Forest & Bird conference	Conference	Wellington
22 July 2013	78.67	July 2013 Telecom bill	Telecomunications	Wellington
5 August 2013	31.77	Government House staff gift	Hospitality	Wellington
20 August 2013	76.41	August 2013 Telecom charges	Telecomunications	Wellington
10 September 2013	138.00	TIANZ Conference	Registration fee	Wellington
10 September 2013	40.00	D-G's farewell gift	Flowers	Wellington
23 September 2013	89.64	September 2013 Telecom account	Telecomunications	Wellington
12 November 2013	29.00	Cellphone cable	Telecomunications	Wellington
20 November 2013	-12.13	Credit on ex DG Telecom account	Telecomunications	Wellington
26 November 2013	78.50	Koha	Koha	Nelson
2 December 2013	1,500.37	October - November 2013 Telecom charges (includes handset)	Telecomunications	Wellington
6 December 2013	1,067.67	IUCN World Parks Congress	Registration fee	Sydney
31 December 2013	282.72	December 2013 Telecom charges	Telecomunications	Wellington
Subtotal (credit card)	$3,453.12
Other expenses (non-credit card)
13 September 2013	54.95	Cellphone case	Telecomunications	Wellington
31 October 2013	230.00	Corporate gifts	Books	Wellington
21 November 2013	402.50	Corporate gifts	Books	Wellington
28 November 2013	75.00	NZ River Awards function	Registration fee	Wellington
Subtotal (non-credit card)	$762.45
Total other expenses (including GST)	$4,215.57

Gifts and hospitality received

Gifts and hospitality received by the Director-General
Date	Description	Offered by	Estimated value (NZ$)
Gifts received
01 January to 30 June 2014	No gifts received for this period.
Hospitality received
01 January to 30 June 2014	No hospitality received for this period.

July - December 2013: Director-General's expenses, gifts and hospitality

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