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Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery Act 2016
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The New Zealand Antarctic Medal: Nomination Guidelines
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The New Zealand Gallantry Awards
The New Zealand Bravery Awards
The New Zealand Antarctic Medal
The Privy Council
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Wearing of insignia
Order of wear: orders, decorations and medals in New Zealand
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The New Zealand Royal Honours system
Overview of the New Zealand Royal Honours system
Forfeiture of Honours
History
Components of the New Zealand Royal Honours system
The Order of New Zealand
The New Zealand Order of Merit
The Queen's Service Order
Gallantry and Bravery Awards
New Zealand Gallantry Awards
New Zealand Bravery Awards
The New Zealand Antarctic Medal
The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration
Other distinctive New Zealand Honours
"The Right Honourable"
The Right Honourable in New Zealand
"The Honourable"
Roll of The Honourables
Privy Council
Order of Wear
Rules relating to the acceptance and wearing of Foreign Honours
New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary
New Zealand Royal Honours Image Gallery
New Zealand Royal Honours FAQs
The Policy Project
About the Policy Project
How the Policy Project can help you
Policy improvement frameworks
Policy quality
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Development Pathways
Use the tool
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Policy capability
Policy Methods Toolbox
Start Right
Commissioning Conversations
Exploration
Green Light
Design thinking
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Experience interviews
Personas
Behavioural insights
Behavioural Change Models
Community engagement
Citizen juries
Futures thinking
Mythbusters
Horizon Scanning
Assumption Testing
Futures Wheel
Scenarios
Wind Tunnelling
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Treaty of Waitangi analysis
Long-term Insights Briefings
Policy advice themes
Commissioning a policy project
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Innovation
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Case studies
Inland Revenue Case Study
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Land Information New Zealand Case Study
Policy community
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Land Use Recovery Plan
Christchurch Central Recovery Plan
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Commercial film or video production facilities in Christchurch – Section 71 Proposal
Hagley Oval
Lyttelton Commercial Zone Parking
Yaldhurst Recreation and Sports Facility
Residential Unit Overlay District Plan Changes
Redcliffs School relocation
Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Project
Past Orders in Council
National security
New Zealand’s national security system
National security objectives
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Coordination across government
DPMC’s role
Role of central government
National Security Systems Handbook
National security governance structure
ODESC governance boards
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ODESC
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National Risk Approach
New Zealand's Nationally Significant Risks
National Security Intelligence Priorities
Counter-terrorism
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He Whenua Taurikura Hui
He Whenua Taurikura Hui 2021
He Whenua Taurikura Hui 2022
Master’s Scholarship
Master's Scholarship 2021/2022
Master's Scholarship FAQs
He Whenua Taurikura Co-Directors
New Zealand's Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism Strategy
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Strategic Framework
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund
Terrorist and National Security Event Media Protocols
Countering foreign interference
Cyber Security Strategy
United Nations Cybercrime Treaty
We asked, you said, we did
Intelligence and Security Act 2017
Intelligence and Security Act Review
Why did we need new legislation?
What is intelligence?
Defining national security
Bringing the agencies further into the public service
Powers and warrants
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The authorisation framework
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Whistleblowing and protecting classified information
Cover and immunities
Cover and assumed identity arrangements
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Arrangements with foreign partners
The National Assessments Bureau
Case studies
Counter-terrorism
Investigating a suspected terrorist
Counter-espionage
Cyber security in action
Resources
Aotearoa's National Security Strategy
National Security Long-term Insights Briefing
LTIB Topic Consultation Summary
2022 National Security Survey Report
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain
The Government’s Response
Working with Communities - get involved
Kāpuia - Ministerial Advisory Group Nominations
Response Steering Group
Response Progress
Measuring Success
Improving Community Engagement
Key Documents
Get in touch
Five Country Ministerial
Child and youth wellbeing strategy
Publications and resources
Reducing child poverty
Formal gazetting of targets for reducing child poverty
Special programmes
Kāpuia – Ministerial Advisory Group
Advice from Kāpuia
Kāpuia Pānui
Health and Disability Review Transition Unit
COVID-19 Proactive Releases
Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor archives
Archive
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Professor Sir Peter Gluckman 2015-2018
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