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1 Cabinet Office Circular CO (02) 12 25 September 2002 This document contains information for the New Zealand Cabinet. It must be treated in confidence and handled in accordance with any security classification, or other endorsement. The information can…

124580v1 1 CO (11) 1 Cabinet Office Circular 16 March 2011 Intended for All Ministers All Chief Executives Chief Parliamentary Counsel Clerk of the House of Representatives All Senior Private Secretaries All Office Solicitors Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3…

190696v1 1 CO (11) 9 Cabinet Office Circular 6 December 2011 Intended for All Ministers All Senior Private Secretaries All Chief Executives Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office Clerk of the House of Representatives General Manager, Parliamentary…

189775v 2 1 CO (11) 8 Cabinet Office Circular 28 November 2011 Intended for All Ministers All Chief Executives All Senior Private Secretaries Speaker of the House of Representatives Chief Parliamentary Counsel Controller and Auditor-General Chief…

164644v1 1 Cabinet Office Circular CO (10) 1 25 March 2010 This document contains information for the New Zealand Cabinet. It must be treated in confidence and handled in accordance with any security classification, or other endorsement. The information…

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…

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This conversation tracker is the record of a workshop with policy capability leads (people nominated by their agency to lead work to improve policy quality and capability). We discussed how agencies are using the Policy Project policy improvement…

Chief Executive's overview, The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) works to support the government of the day. We do so by advising, leading, supporting and coordinating activities across the public sector, as well as providing specific…

The Executive Council is the highest formal instrument of government. It is the part of the executive branch of government that carries out formal acts of government. By convention, the Executive Council comprises all Ministers of the Crown, whether those…

The Policy Advisory Group (PAG) acts as the Prime Minister’s policy 'eyes and ears'. PAG plays an important role in providing the Prime Minister with advice on emerging policy issues and supporting his office. We provide expert advice on policy and…

New Year Honours 2017, The New Zealand Order of Merit, The Queen has been pleased, on the celebration of the New Year, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit:, DNZM, To be Dames Companion of the said Order: Ms Valerie…

HICKMAN, Major Graham Ross, For services to the New Zealand Defence Force and brass bands Major Graham Hickman has led the New Zealand Army Band to be recognised by the Edinburgh Military Tattoo as one of the top three tattoo acts in the world, and by the…

The Waimakariri Residential Red Zone Recovery Plan has been approved by Hon Gerry Brownlee, the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration (the Minister) and came into effect on 15 December 2016. The Waimakariri District Council was directed to…

To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit:, BALLANCE, Ms Alison Patricia, For services to natural history, filmmaking and broadcasting Ms Alison Ballance is a zoologist and science communicator who has attained a high profile in New Zealand natural…

To be a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order:, BISLEY, Mr Alastair Miles, For services to the State Mr Alastair Bisley has been Chair of the Land and Water Forum, which has close to 70 stakeholder members, since 2008. In this role Mr Bisley has…

The Queen's Service Medal, AFFLECK, Mrs Janet Margaret, OStJ, For services as an Ambulance Officer Mrs Janet Affleck has been involved with West Otago St John since joining as a volunteer Ambulance Officer in 1990. She was Operations Manager from 1995 to…

To be a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:, ADAMS, Ms Valerie Kasanita, ONZM, For services to athletics Ms Valerie Adams is a world-renowned shot putter who has won four World Championship gold medals, two Olympic gold medals, three…

To be a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:, FAULL, Distinguished Professor Richard Lewis Maxwell, ONZM, For services to medical research Distinguished Professor Richard Faull has been involved with the University of Auckland for 38 years…

To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:, BURROWS, Emeritus Professor John Frederick, ONZM, QC, For services to the State Emeritus Professor John Burrows is a law lecturer, author, former member of the Law Commission, and was co-chairman of…

To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:, AITKEN, Mr Richard Hammond, For services to business and engineering Mr Richard Aitken is an influential and respected engineer and business leader who has been Executive Director of Beca Group Limited…

Proactive release of information about management of ministerial conflicts of interest, 1 October 2015 – 30 September 2016, Explanatory note, The table below is a summary of actions taken by Ministers during the period 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016…

The Policy Project collaborated with GEN to facilitate workshops on Day 2 of the conference where participants engaged with methods and experts in behavioural insights, design thinking and data analytics using a real example taken from the Ministry of…

In his speech at the Government Economics Network conference alongside Government Statistician Liz Macpherson, Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession, said that policy practitioners needed to understand the value and application of data and…

In this section, you'll find the Honours lists and information for and about recipients. It includes: Honours lists from 1995 to today a historical archive of honours lists is available from the New Zealand Gazette the correct ways to refer to knights and…

As of September 2025, NEMA is a departmental agency of DIA. Corporate documents for NEMA can be found on the ‘About NEMA’ page of NEMA's corporate website . For more about where NEMA information and documents are held, please visit the NEMA page of the…

Chief Executive's overview, It has been a year of challenges and new opportunities for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). I am proud the staff of DPMC have risen to the occasion and delivered to a high standard across the range of…

This final October 2016 edition focuses on where people can find information about the ongoing regeneration of greater Christchurch. It features updates from a range of organisations involved in the post-earthquake rebuild and regeneration, and highlights…

Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession, hosted a round table for senior government leaders and academics from Victoria University with Professor Jeanne Liedtka from the Darden Business School, USA. The session was to learn about the potential…