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Public problems are increasingly complex and connected, which requires policy practitioners to tap into creative answers. Additional Overview Resources OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation International Resources Observatory of Public Sector...

Responsibilities include advocating for the interests and issues of older people, overseeing the implementation of the Better Later Life - He Oranga Kaumātua 2018 to 2034 strategy, and advocating for policies that protect older people's rights and...

Responsibilities include management of emergencies created by geological or meteorological hazards or infrastructure failure, public education about civil defence emergency preparedness, risk identification, and planning to manage emergencies.

Responsibilities include driving and delivering the government's broadcasting and media policies.  This includes the diversity and accessibility of broadcast content, broadcasting standards, and the regulation of the print media.

Responsibilities include the management of New Zealand's fisheries (including aquaculture), providing for use while ensuring sustainability of those resources for the benefit of New Zealand as a whole, and responsibility for oceans policy.

Responsibilities include oversight of the national security and intelligence system and setting the overall policy for that system.

Responsibilities include oversight of the State services system, ensuring the work of the State services aligns with overall government priorities, machinery of government matters, integrity and conduct, leadership and capability development (...

Responsible for leading the whole-of-government approach to substantially prevent, reduce and address family and sexual violence, and for the joint venture on the prevention of family and sexual violence.

Responsibilities include the provision of mechanisms for the effective further development and implementation of the government build programme, and general responsibility for housing matters, tackling homelessness and the provision of public...

Responsibilities include supporting the system of local government and the central government and local government relationship, oversight of the Local Government Commission, acting as the territorial authority for the 11 islands that are not part of a...

Responsibilities include strengthening government policy to improve outcomes for iwi, hapū, and whānau Māori; strengthening the Crown’s relationships with iwi, hapū, and whānau Māori; and actively supporting the cultural, social, environmental, and...

Responsibilities include leading and promoting the effective use of data in understanding New Zealand, the provision of official statistics (including the Census of Population and Dwellings), and encouraging open government data.  This portfolio is...

Responsibilities include managing the government’s balance sheet, its economic and fiscal policy, the Budget process, representing New Zealand’s interests at international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary...

The New Zealand public service has a duty of stewardship, to look ahead and provide advice on future challenges and opportunities.   Additional Conversation trackers, presentations and speeches The Challenges for the Public Service: In pursuit of...

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Responsibilities include improving outcomes for children and young people and leading the government's vulnerable children initiatives.

Responsibilities include oversight of New Zealand's social welfare system, the implementation of the government's employment policies and programmes, including labour market modelling, analysis of labour market trends, NEET initiatives (Not in Employment...

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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...

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2012 which was tabled in Parliament on 23 October 2012. See Annual Report for the year ended 2012.

Responsibilities include supporting ethnic communities and working to maximise the benefits of diverity and inclusion for all New Zealanders.

Responsibilities include the delivery of the government's digital strategy and digital services delivery across government, the regulation of the telecommunications and postal sectors, the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband, rural broadband infrastructure...

Responsibilities include promoting and protecting New Zealand’s interests abroad by prioritising, building, and leveraging international connections to benefit national security, economic prosperity, and international influence.

Why does community engagement matter when creating policy, and how do we make sure it’s done well? Across the public sector, we recognise that community engagement is no longer an optional extra. It’s also not enough to put a discussion document online...

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...

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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...

Government departments have started work on their inaugural Long-term Insights Briefings. The political term, news cycle, and demand for immediate action can focus us as individuals and institutions on the present. The Long-term Insights...

Responsibilities include economic development, enterprise policy, major events, and space policy and legislation.  The portfolio is also responsible for the Procurement Functional Leadership programme.