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About this guide, This guide contains advice on how to run a panel-based assessment of policy advice and other papers after their delivery using the Policy Quality Framework. It also explains how to score papers using the Framework’s electronically…

  “Advice given to Ministers must be free and frank. It should be based on officials' professional opinions and best judgement. Free and frank advice is honest and fearless but should also be responsive to the priorities determined by the government of…

23 Kate Sheppard Place | PO Box 5010 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand Tel: +64 4 830 5100 | [email protected] | www.civildefence.govt.nz 19 September 2025 Reference: OIA-2025/26-0172 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request for copies of…

Proactive release of information about management of ministerial conflicts of interest, 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025,   1 The table below is a summary of certain actions taken by Ministers to manage actual or potential conflicts of interest during the…

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…

Cabinet Office Proactive release of information about management of ministerial conflicts of interest: 1 January to 30 June 2025 1 The table below is a summary of certain actions taken by Ministers to manage actual or potential conflicts of interest…

5109313 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 17 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0136 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request relating to recent change proposal Thank you for your Official…

5112730 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 17 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0188 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request relating to Ngāti Tama treaty settlement Thank you for your…

5112732 CABINET OFFICE, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, WELLINGTON 6011, NEW ZEALAND Telephone: +64 (4) 830 5010. Email: [email protected] www.dpmc.govt.nz 17 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0189 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Land warrants…

Level 7, TSB Building, 147 Lambton Quay | PO Box 5010 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand Tel: +64 4 830 5100 | [email protected] | www.civildefence.govt.nz 16 September 2025 Reference: OIA-2025/26-0086 Tēnā koe , Official Information Act…

5112398 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 16 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0186 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request relating to Tom Phillips Thank you for your Official Information…

5106252 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 15 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0124 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request relating to the Chief Executive’s recollections of conversations…

5108487 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 15 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0131 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request relating to DPMC Restructure Thank you for your Official…

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 5112062 CABINET OFFICE, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, WELLINGTON 6011, NEW ZEALAND Telephone: +64 (4) 830 5010. Email: [email protected] www.dpmc.govt.nz 12 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0158 Tēnā koe Official Information Act…

5111729 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 12 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0182 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request relating to special officer to former Prime Minister, Rt Hon…

People in New Zealand can request government information (official information) and can expect it to be made available unless there is a good reason to withhold it. The Official Information Act 1982 (or OIA) enables citizens, permanent residents, visitors…

Titles of some documents have been withheld. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it., Briefing titles, Titles of briefings provided by the Department of the Prime …

Proactive Release: Titles of Advice to the Prime Minister and Minister for National Security and Intelligence – August 2025 Titles of some documents have been withheld. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would…

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…

    The Five Country Ministerial (commonly known as the FCM) is an annual meeting of home affairs, public safety, interior, security, border and immigration Ministers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America…

From March 2023 through June 2025, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet hosted the functional Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery. The Department established a Cyclone Recovery Unit to support the Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery to lead and…

5103249 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 9 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0104 Tēnā koe , Official Information Act request relating to Workplace bullying, harassment and sexual harm data…

5108564 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 9 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0147 Tēnā koe , Official Information Act request relating to Paerata and the use of AI in documents prepared for…

Level 7, TSB Building, 147 Lambton Quay | PO Box 5010 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand Tel: +64 4 830 5100 | [email protected] | www.civildefence.govt.nz 8 September 2025 Reference: OIA-2025/26-0086 Tēnā koe , Official Information Act…

Writing for Ministers and Cabinet Contents Writing clearly .............................................................................................. 3 Briefing papers…

Policy Quality Framework Standards for quality policy advice Context explains why the decision-maker is getting this and where it fits Purpose, context, priorities, and connections across government are clear The paper: • clearly explains its purpose •…

The Policy Quality Framework Standards for quality policy advice These standards will help you assess and improve the quality of your agency’s written policy and other advice, and whether it is fit for purpose. The advice may be for a minister, Cabinet,…

Policy Quality Framework Contents Standards for quality policy advice ............................... Context ....................................................................... ......................... 3 ......................... 4 Analysis…

Using this document, This document contains guidance on different types of communication with ministers and Cabinet. Whether you’re writing a Cabinet paper, a policy paper, an aide memoire or an A3, you’ll find high level descriptions of what’s involved,…

5106813 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 4 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0126 Tēnā koe , Official Information Act request relating to Parliament Protest responses Thank you for your…

Level 7, TSB Building, 147 Lambton Quay | PO Box 5010 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand Tel: +64 4 830 5100 | [email protected] | www.civildefence.govt.nz 4 September 2025 Reference: OIA-2025/26-0127 Tēnā koe , Official Information Act…

5107334 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz 2 September 2025 Ref: OIA-2025/26-0105 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request for a 2022 Published Cabinet Paper and Related Minutes without…