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New Zealand faces a range of complex hazards and national security threats that could have serious, immediate and/or long-term effects on New Zealand’s safety, prosperity, and or national security, requiring national-level intervention and coordination.…

New Zealand faces a number of complex hazards and national security threats that we define as National Risks. These National Risks could have serious immediate and/or long-term effects on New Zealand’s safety, prosperity and/or national security,…

Cyber security threats are constantly evolving and cyber threats to New Zealand are a significant national security challenge. Adopting a whole of society approach is how we will build a cyber secure and resilient New Zealand.  New Zealand’s Cyber…

New Zealand's Cyber Security Action Plan 2026 - 2027 supports the Cyber Security Strategy 2026 - 2030 by providing first steps to realise the strategy's objectives.

This discussion document supports consultation with industry on measures to enhance the cyber security of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure system. More information about this consultation is available on the Critical Infrastructure DPMC website page.

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Ministry for the Environment have developed a Long-term Insights Briefing on a nationally important topic: building New Zealand's long-term resilience to hazards, such as severe weather, pandemics…

Activation of the ODESC system, The following triggers are used to consider whether ODESC coordination (activation) is needed for an emerging risk or crisis response: Has unusual features of scale, nature, intensity or consequence Conveys significant…

The Officials’ Committee for Domestic and External Security Coordination (ODESC) system is New Zealand’s ‘all-hazards, all-threats’ strategic crisis response system. The ODESC system is used by central government during an actual or emerging significant…

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Ministry for the Environment have developed a Long-term Insights Briefing on a nationally important topic: building New Zealand's long-term resilience to hazards, such as severe weather, pandemics…

New Zealand faces a number of complex serious hazards and national security threats – known as National Risks - that could trigger a national level crisis at any time, and cause significant harm to our collective safety, security and prosperity.  New…

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry for the Environment have released this draft Long-term Insights Briefing for public consultation between 6 and 27 August 2025. For more information, see the Building Resilience to Hazards…

This Handbook provides a broad overview of the National Resilience System and contains the central government arrangements used to respond to strategic crises, replacing the 2016 National Security System Handbook. It is intended to clarify roles and…

This is the third year DPMC has commissioned the National Risks Public Survey to understand public perceptions of National Risks (including both national security threats and significant hazards). While previous surveys focused more on national security…

A refreshed New Zealand Cyber Security Strategy, accompanying Action Plan, and a National Plan to Address Cybercrime, were released on 10 December 2015 and replace New Zealand's 2011 Cyber Security Strategy . This new Strategy signals the Government's…