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The New Zealand Government has released New Zealand’s Cyber Security Strategy 2026 - 2030 . Cyber security threats are constantly evolving and cyber threats to New Zealand are a significant national security challenge. We know that by adopting a whole of…

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…

Five Country Ministerial 2025: Communiqué, We, the Home Affairs, Interior and Security Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the ‘Five Countries’) convened in person under the United Kingdom’s chairmanship…

How can New Zealand build long-term resilience to hazards, such as severe weather, pandemics, volcanic activity, and earthquakes? That is the subject of a draft Long-term Insights Briefing the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) and the…

NEMA hosting to transfer to DIA in 2025, The hosting responsibilities for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will transfer from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) from 25…

The Five Countries have a long and proud tradition of welcoming migrants and providing protection to the most vulnerable people across the world. We remain committed to promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants, including refugees, and…

Preamble, We, the Home Affairs, Interior, Security and Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the ‘Five Countries’) , recognize the importance of drawing in the voices and experiences of victims…

Five Country Ministerial Communiqué, We, the Home Affairs, Interior, Security and Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the ‘Five Countries’) remain steadfast in our commitment to uphold and…

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet convened a multi-stakeholder group in July 2023 to provide practical advice from outside government on how to understand and respond to disinformation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Their report was delivered to…

A one-off fund to provide financial support for community-based initiatives that build resilience against the harms of disinformation has been established by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | Te Tari o te Pirimia me te Komiti Matua in…

Aotearoa New Zealand’s first National Security Strategy has been launched on 4 August 2023. Secure Together Tō Tātou Korowai Manaaki will guide New Zealand’s approach to national security over the coming years.  It embeds the lessons of the Royal…

Nine specialists from across New Zealand have been appointed to a multi-stakeholder group to provide advice to Government on countering disinformation. The group will explore solutions to better understand disinformation and address its effects in…

Recent events, such as Cyclone Gabrielle, have demonstrated the interconnected nature of New Zealand’s infrastructure system, where outages in one sector can quickly cascade across the entire system. In that context, it is essential that our critical…

The 2023 edition of the Cabinet Manual has been published. You can see the Cabinet Manual here .  If you’d like a hard copy, please email [email protected] .

Rachel Hayward has been appointed Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council. The appointment was effective from 2 November 2022. Rachel was previously Deputy Secretary (Constitutional and Honours) in Cabinet Office, a position she held…

The Minister of Health, Andrew Little, and Associate Minister of Health, Peeni Henare, announced appointments to the boards of interim entities, the Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand. Health New Zealand will be the country's largest employer,…

From July 1 2020, the COVID-19 All-of-Government Response Group has formally become a business unit of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The response to COVID-19 has required a significant effort from across government and will continue to…

The Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy was launched on 29 August 2019, at Kaitao school in Rotorua. The Strategy sets out a shared understanding of what’s important for child and youth wellbeing, what government is doing, and how others can help. We want…

The Royal Commission invites current and former employees and contractors of the following State sector agencies to approach it if they believe that they can assist its inquiry: Department of Internal Affairs / Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of the Prime…

A draft disposal schedule for the NZSIS, GCSB, and National Security Group of DPMC  is open for feedback from 19 November-10 December 2018.

A Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) follow-up review of the New Zealand Intelligence Community has been released.

The report titled Lessons from the Canterbury earthquake sequence provides a whole-of-government perspective on the lessons from the Government’s recovery efforts from the Canterbury earthquake disaster. Whole of Government Report – Lessons from the…

The Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration (Nicky Wagner) released the ChristChurch Cathedral Reinstatement Offer today. More information on the Cathedral Working Group website

Submissions close on 7 July for the Ministerial Review: Better Responses to Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies in New Zealand .

At the Massey University National Security Conference on 30 August 2016, Howard Broad gave the following speech. Howard Broad is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Security and Intelligence Group of DPMC Read Howard's speech here (PDF 161 KB).

The New Zealand Intelligence Community (NZIC) received new operating and capital funding of $178.7 million over four years as part of Budget 2016. Budget 2016 decisions were a result of a two year strategic capability resourcing review which analysed the…

Greater Christchurch Group has released the report of a survey conducted by CERA of more than 2000 property owners who accepted a Crown offer to evaluate wellbeing outcomes, and to determine whether the Crown's recovery objectives had been met. The survey…

Future Christchurch Update is a monthly publication on the greater Christchurch recovery and regeneration. It’s produced jointly by CERA and Christchurch City Council, and delivered to over 178,000 letterboxes across greater Christchurch. From May 2016,…

Experienced public servant Kelvan Smith has been appointed Director of the Greater Christchurch Group of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The Greater Christchurch Group is a unit set up to take over some of the responsibilities of…

The 2015 Independent Review of Intelligence and Security was tabled in Parliament on 9 March 2016. The review makes a number of recommendations to improve the clarity and consistency of the legislative framework governing the intelligence and security…

17 November 2015 Michelle Mitchell has been appointed Director of the Canterbury Group within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The Canterbury Group is the new business group being established as part of the wind down of the…

DPMC's latest strategic intentions were published on 1 August 2014.  Since then: In February 2015, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), which had been a separate department, became a departmental agency hosted by DPMC, and In July 2015 the…