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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) hosted a workshop on citizen-centred policy, which was facilitated by MSD staff. Parts of it were delivered by staff from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

This wallchart provides an easy guide to the transmission, handling, storage, and disposal of different classifications of Cabinet material. See the CabGuide for more information on the secure handling of Cabinet material .

The workshop focused on policy people capability, including a discussion on survey findings and analysis of the policy workforce, pathways to improve capability, and collective formal training initiatives.

Read this report for information on Public Service agency practices related to policy people capability and potential options for collective policy workforce initiatives. This report is part of the Policy Project people capability workstream, agreed by…

Christchurch City Council's Cranford Regeneration Plan was approved on 17 August 2017 by Hon Gerry Brownlee, acting on behalf of the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration under section 38 of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016…

Christchurch City Council's Cranford Regeneration Plan was approved on 17 August 2017 by Hon Gerry Brownlee, acting on behalf of the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration under section 38 of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016. …

The Christchurch Stadium Trust’s pre-feasibility report for a Multi-Use Arena (MUA) in Christchurch considers the viability of an arena and outlines four options of varying size and cost. It reinforces the need for a multi-functional and flexible facility…

On Thursday 17 August, the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Nicky Wagner, presented the report of the Annual Review of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 (the Act) in Parliament. The Act came into effect on 19 April 2016…

The Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) provides for information to be protected to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy. “Cabinet material” includes Cabinet and Cabinet committee agendas, papers, and…

Appointments made by the Governor-General outside Executive Council, Templates are available for appointments made by the Governor-General or appointments made by the Administrator of the Government outside of Executive Council . The Administrator fulfils…

Scott Douglas, Assistant Professor of Public Management at Utrecht University School of Governance, shared his research findings and insights on making value (including public sector contributions to society) manageable.

When the Governor-General is overseas, then the Administrator of the Government fulfills the Governor-General's functions. The Administrator of the Government is the Chief Justice of New Zealand. In such cases the advice sheet must be addressed to the…

Introduction, This section provides information on international treaty making and the process for international treaty papers, including: the difference between international treaties and arrangements an outline of when Cabinet’s approval is required…

Greater Christchurch Group has released its Whole of Government report on the lessons from the Canterbury earthquake sequence. The report is a literature review of the published material related to the recovery from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, and…

Any proposal to sign an international treaty, or to take binding treaty action, must be submitted to Cabinet for approval (see paragraph 5.80 of the Cabinet Manual ). The term “binding treaty action” refers not only to the conclusion of a treaty, but also…

The key features of the parliamentary treaty examination process, set out on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s website , are as follows. The Cabinet Manual and Standing Orders require the government to present all multilateral treaties and major…

As a general rule, Ministers should put before their colleagues the sorts of issues on which they themselves would wish to be consulted.  Ministers should keep their colleagues informed about matters of public interest, importance, or controversy. Where…

Laws usually come into effect only after their publication (with the exceptions being matters of national security or matters of particular commercial or legal significance where time is an overriding factor). The Parliamentary Counsel Office's (PCO’s)…

The Governor-General has delegated responsibility for the custody of the Seal of New Zealand to the Clerk of the Executive Council . Documents that require the Seal of New Zealand to be affixed to them include: warrants for the appointment of Ministers of…

The Executive Council (EC) is the highest formal instrument of government, through which the government collectively and formally advises the Governor-General. All Ministers of the Crown are members of EC (whether those Ministers are inside or outside…

If any policy changes need to be made to a bill after it has been through the policy and legislative Cabinet committee stages and been introduced, this is usually done through a Supplementary Order Paper (SOP). An SOP that serves a mechanical purpose (e.g…

Process for the development and making of secondary legislation, Download a PDF of the regulation work flow below.   The process for developing secondary legislation to be made by Order in Council, contained in paragraph 7.95 of the Cabinet Manual , is as…

Once the policy content of secondary legislation has been agreed and the legislation has been drafted, authorisation must be sought through Cabinet Legislation Committee (LEG) for the item to be submitted to the Executive Council (EC). Among other things…

Highly classified papers,  can only be processed and distributed in hard-copy. These are papers classified Confidential, Secret, Top Secret and/or with endorsements such as New Zealand Eyes Only. Highly classified items listed on Cabinet and Cabinet…

Background, This section provides information on the process for government responses to both select committee reports, petitions referred directly to Ministers, and Law Commission reports, and the requirements for related papers, including: the…

  Refer to the following pages for more information Template for Governor-General appointment documents Cabinet paper template - appointments Appointment paper organisation form and CV template

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) plays a key role in monitoring and reporting on the overall progress of the regeneration of greater Christchurch. The report provides a summary of regeneration progress, drawing on numerous sources…

The Prime Minister Rt Hon Bill English has proactively released the Cabinet paper about the review of the Cabinet Manual. Three documents are published below: the Cabinet paper the revision-tracked version of the Cabinet Manual text that was attached to…

Involving the Treasury and the Minister of Finance, The Treasury should be consulted on all proposals which have, or are likely to have, economic implications, financial or fiscal (expenditure or revenue) implications, implications for the Public Finance…

Key points, “Cabinet material” includes Cabinet and Cabinet committee agendas, papers, minutes, and memos. You are responsible for ensuring that the Cabinet material you have access to is handled securely. CabNet is set up to allow “need to know”…

Stats NZ hosted the workshop on how to use open data for policy design. It was facilitated by Ellen Broad (Associate–Policy, Open Data Institute), and supported by the Department of Internal Affairs, who administer the open data platform (data.govt.nz),…

Power to Act for a Cabinet committee to take final decisions on an issue can be authorised by Cabinet, following a request by the responsible Minister. Refer to Detailed Power to Act processes this page for more information about the Power to Act…