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Ministry of Defence - Chief Executive disclosure of expenses

Name of CE (Secretary of Defence): John McKinnon, Period: 01/01/2011 - 30/06/2011

Travel expenses

International Travel: Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
1/03/2011 $230.15 Avalon Air Show Hotel costs Melbourne
2/03/2011 $78.96 Avalon Air Show Taxi to airport Melbourne
2/03/2011 $59.00 Avalon Air Show Parking Wellington
8/03/2011 $779.87 NH90 project visit Hotel costs Aix en Provence
10/03/2011 $84.08 NATO meeting Taxi to hotel Brussels
10-11/03/2011 $465.04 NATO meeting Hotel costs Brussels
16/03/2011 $97.21 Frigate exercise Taxi to hotel Perth
16/03/2011 $276.57 Frigate exercise Hotel costs Perth
19/03/2011 $278.22 Frigate exercise Hotel costs Perth
27/04-1/05/2011 $389.09 ASEAN Defence-Military Meetings+ Senior Officials Meeting Air fare Jogjakarta

International Travel: non-Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
1-2/03/2011 $1,858.70 Avalon Air Show Air fare Melbourne
7-20/03/2011 $13,200.01 NH90 project visit; NATO meeting; Frigate exercise Air fare Marseille/Brussels/Perth
16/04/2011 $20.00 Passport photos for visa application Travel Indonesia
27/04-1/05/2011 $5,081.92 ASEAN Defence-Military Meetings+ Senior Officials Meeting Air fare Jogjakarta

Domestic Travel: Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
20-22/01/2011 $451.68 Travel to Auckland for official visit of UK Secretary of State for Defence and UK Chief of the Defence Staff Hotel costs Auckland
23/01/2011 $217.70 Singapore Minister of State for Defence; farewell dinner for Chief of Defence Force Mateparae hosted by Minister of Defence and Change of Command Ceremony Hotel costs Auckland
23/02/2011 $90.00 Taxi from airport to hotel Taxi Auckland
23/02/2011 $40.00 Taxi from hotel to airport Taxi Auckland
23/02/2011 $45.80 Airport to home Taxi Wellington

Domestic Travel: non-Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
19-24/ 01/2011 $588.02 Travel to Auckland for official visit programme of UK Secretary of State for Defence and UK Chief of the Defence Staff; Singapore Minister of State for Defence; farewell dinner for Chief of Defence Force Mateparae hosted by Minister of Defence and Change of Command Ceremony Air fare Auckland
22-24/01/2011 $238.05 Hire car in Auckland Transport - hire car Auckland
20/02/2011 $361.01 Attendance at NZ/US Partnership Forum in Christchurch Air fare Christchurch
3/06/2011 $109.00 Travel to Blenheim to visit the P-3 and C-130 projects Flights Blenheim

Total travel expenses for the 6-monthly period: Amount (NZ$)

  $25,040.08      

Hospitality expenses

Hospitality provided: Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
2/05/2011 $627.90 Hosting delegation from L-3 Dinner Maria Pia, Wellington

Hospitality provided: non-Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
9/02/2011 $1,142.66 Hosting delegation from Australia in NZ for Australia and New Zealand Consultative Committee Meeting Dinner Wellington Club, Wellington

Total hospitality expenses for 6 months: Amount (NZ$)

  $1,770.56      

Other expenses

Other: Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
10/12/2010 $700 Contribution to social club staff xmas function Lunch Backbencher, Wellington
27/02/2011 $50 Credit card subscription    

Other: non-Credit Card expenses

Date
Amount (NZ$)
Purpose (eg, attending conference on ...)
Nature (eg, hotel costs, travel, etc)
Locations
13/01-12/02/2011 $50.01 Cellphone charges    
13/02- 12/03/2011 $57.69 Cellphone charges    
13/03-12/04/2011 $75.20 Cellphone charges    
13/04-12/05/2011 $57.37 Cellphone charges    
13/05-12/06/2011 $46.46 Cellphone charges    

Total other expenses for 6 months: Amount (NZ$)

  $1,036.73      

Gifts & Hospitality accepted (over NZ$100 in estimated value)

To include such items as meals, tickets to events, gifts from overseas counterparts, travel or accommodation (including that accepted by immediate family members).

Gifts

Date Description Offered by Estimated value (NZ$)
29/04/2011 Batik shirt Indonesian Ministry of Defence Unknown
29/04/2011 Sandstone tee light holder Indonesian Ministry of Defence Unknown
29/04/2011 Silk tie Permanent Secretary for Defence, Thailand Unknown
29/04/2011 Silk scarf - spouse gift Indonesian Ministry of Defence Unknown
29/04/2011 Silk jacket - spouse gift Indonesian Ministry of Defence Unknown
29/04/2011 Ceremonial dagger Indonesian Ministry of Defence Unknown
4/05/2011 Framed silver filigree ornamental mask Malaysian Chief of Defence Unknown
18/05/2011 Leather wine box carrier + glasses Departing US Defence Attache Unknown

Hospitality

Date Description Offered by Estimated value (NZ$)
20/01/2011 Dinner for UK Secretary of State for Defence Minister of Defence Unknown
21/01/2011 Lunch for UK Foreign and Defence Secretaries of State Minister of Foreign Affairs Unknown
21/01/2011 Dinner for UK Foreign and Defence Secretaries of State Prime Minister Unknown
22/01/2011 Dinner for Singapore Minister of State for Defence Minister of Defence Unknown
28/01/2011 Dinner/Dance Australian High Commissioner Unknown
3/02/2011 Dinner for NATO Deputy Secretary General Italian Ambassador Unknown
16/02/2011 Dinner for Japanese Chief of Defence Force General Oriki Chief of Defence Force Unknown
17/02/2011 Dinner for Japanese Chief of Defence Force General Oriki Japanese Ambassador Unknown
1/03/2011 Dinner Agusta Westland Unknown
28-29/04/2011 Accommodation at ASEAN Defence-Military Meeting + Senior Officials Meeting in Jogjakarta Indonesian Ministry of Defence Unknown
3/05/2011 Dinner for Malaysian Chief of Defence Force Malaysian High Commissioner Unknown
4/05/2011 Dinner for Malaysian Chief of Defence Force Chief of Defence Force Unknown
23/05/2011 Lunch farewell for John Whitehead State Services Commissioner Unknown
23/05/2011 Dinner Rolls Royce Unknown
24/05/2011 Dinner US Ambassador Unknown
14/06/2011 Dinner for Papua New Guinea Chief of Defence Force Chief of Defence Force Unknown
20/06/2011 Lunch for LTGEN Sir Jerry Mateparae State Services Commissioner Unknown
22/06/2011 Asia Forum Gala Dinner Paul East, Bell Gully Unknown
30/06/2011 Dinner for LTGEN Sir Jerry Mateparae British High Commissioner Unknown

 

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