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Contact the Cabinet Office directly on, 04 830 5010, ., Cabinet Office Address, Cabinet Office Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Parliament Buildings Wellington, Email:, [email protected], CabNet support, CabNet is a, database, the…

The Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration (Nicky Wagner) has released the Cathedral Working Group (CWG) Recommendation Report.  , Cabinet Decisions, The following papers provide information about decisions made regarding the Government's…

It has been the practice for governments to exercise restraint in making significant appointments in the pre-election period (the period immediately before a general election, usually about three months). The question of which appointments are “…

Officials’ committees have been established for most Cabinet committees to support Cabinet committee chairs in progressing the government’s policy agenda. Officials’ committees support the chairs of Cabinet committees in ensuring that: critical papers are…

EC meetings are held on most, Mondays at 4pm in the Executive Council meeting room, on level 10 of the Beehive, and are presided over by the Governor-General or, in the Governor-General’s absence overseas, by the Administrator of the Government. From time…

What is Cabinet?, Cabinet is the central decision making body of executive government. Ministers are appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. All Ministers are members of the Executive Council. A list of the names and…

For detailed guidance about select committees, see paragraphs 7.112 to 7.126 of the Cabinet Manual , and the Public Service Commission’s guidance entitled Officials and Select Committees – Guidelines . Departments may not make a formal submission to a…

Ministers are expected to consult their relevant Ministerial colleagues before submitting Cabinet committee papers that deal with significant or potentially controversial matters, or that affect other Ministers’ portfolio interests. Where there is a…

Policy development often involves engagement with citizens and/or interest groups to gather views on issues and options. Any non-government consultation process should be discussed with the Minister’s office before proposals are developed for Cabinet.…

 , Refer to the following pages for more information, Template for Administrator of the Government appointments documents Cabinet paper template - appointment Appointment paper organisation form and CV template     

The deadline for lodging Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers is, 10am on the Thursday before the meeting, . When a public holiday falls on a Friday (Good Friday, Matariki, and sometimes Waitangi Day, Anzac Day) the deadline for lodging Cabinet and…

Information that should be provided to Cabinet or Cabinet committees, Where a there is a proposal to become party to a treaty, or to take formal treaty action, the following information needs to be provided to Cabinet or Cabinet committees: the exact…

The briefing to incoming Minister of Communications gives an overview of the priorities of the cyber security policy, and identifies some of the more significant issues and opportunities. This briefing was prepared for the incoming Minister of…

The briefing to the incoming Prime Minister gives an overview of the priorities of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and identifies some of the more significant issues and opportunities. This briefing was prepared for the incoming Prime…

The Policy analyst forum was designed by analysts, for analysts. It provided an opportunity for 64 early career analysts from across the Public Service to share their ideas for improving policy capability, quality and performance. At the end of the…

This case study by Paul Barker outlines the key elements that have underscored the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's success as a top performing policy shop. 

Superu and the Victoria University School of Government hosted a roundtable for senior officials and experts with Dr Sarah Morton and Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession. The aim of the roundtable was to share knowledge and experience of how…

Some items go directly to EC without first being approved by Cabinet. These items are usually drafted in a department, rather than by PCO, and: will not be included in the Legislative Instruments series (but are published in the Gazette in the normal way…

Access to papers and minutes within CabNet will persist for Ministers that have access at the time that the paper was lodged and considered for as long as they continue to be a Minister. Access to CabNet will cease when a Minister leaves office. Chapter 8…

Ministers receive hard-copy versions of all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers, which are delivered to Ministers’ offices by the Cabinet Office Registry., Important Note:, When a Minister’s office receives Cabinet and Cabinet committee material, the…

A BIM (Briefing to the incoming Minister) gives a new Minister an overview of the priorities of their department or Ministry, and identifies some of the more significant issues and opportunities. This briefing was prepared for the Honourable Nicky Wagner…

The New Zealand Order of Merit, The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit:, GNZM, To be a Knight Grand Companion of the said Order: The…

This Plan describes the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s (DPMC) purpose, medium-term strategy, and how we plan to organise our resources over the next four financial years, to 2020/21. It also sets out how we will deliver on government…

In the second of the Policy Project workshops with policy capability leads (people nominated by their agency to lead work to improve policy quality and capability), we discussed Policy Project work in progress, had a report back from the Tier 2 Policy…

The Head of the Policy Profession hosted a roundtable for senior policy leaders with Professor Mark Moore from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The session was designed to learn about the concept of ‘public value’ and how policy…

The Head of the Policy Profession wants chief executives and their departments to understand and meet their policy stewardship responsibilities. Policy leaders (Tier 2s and strategic advisors) came together to discuss what success in policy stewardship…

At a symposium on Improving Intergenerational Governance, Andrew Kibblewhite talked about his stewardship roles including as Head of the Policy Profession. “As steward of the policy system I am charged with ensuring consistent improvements in policy…

The Policy Project hosted a roundtable on 21 March 2017 with Professor Tony Bovaird and Dr Elke Loeffler, visiting experts on co-production in government. The session explored what is meant by ‘co-production’ and how a co-production approach might be…