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What is Cabinet? Cabinet is the central decision making body of executive government. Ministers are appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. All Ministers are members of the Executive Council. A list of the names and...

Summaries of Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers are prepared and published by the Cabinet Office once the submission has the status of lodged and the submission has been confirmed for consideration at the nominated Cabinet or Cabinet committee meeting...

An oral item is a verbal update given by a Minister to Cabinet on a matter of particular urgency, sensitivity, or significance, or to a Cabinet committee on a government priority area or work programme. Oral items must not be used to seek decisions on...

On some occasions papers may not go ahead for consideration at a meeting that they have been lodged for, or a Cabinet committee might decide that a paper should not proceed. In these instances, Ministers may choose to withdraw a submission from a meeting...

Cabinet papers and minutes must be proactively released within 30 business days of final decisions being taken by Cabinet, unless there is good reason not to publish all or part of the material, or to delay the release. This policy applies to all...

Key points “Cabinet material” includes Cabinet and Cabinet committee agendas, papers, minutes, and memos. You are responsible for ensuring that the Cabinet material you have access to is handled securely. CabNet is set up to allow “need to know”...

The Cyber Security Emergency Response Plan (CSERP) sets the framework for the government’s response to a cyber security emergency to ensure that: agencies and officials understand their roles and responsibilities in the event of a cyber security...

This is one of a suite of Long-term Insights Briefings guidance resources. It sets out the requirements on departmental chief executives to develop a Long-term Insights Briefing (Briefing) and recommendations for how these Briefings should best be...

This is one of a suite of guidance resource on Long-term Insights Briefings (Briefings). It provides guidance to support agencies in undertaking the necessary activities that form each of the eight steps in the development process for a Briefing, and...

The were no Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of January 2021.  

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of February 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 12 Feb 2021 OIA-2020/21-0235 BCDM reports or...

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of March 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 03 Mar 2021 OIA-2020/21-0255 RCOI - listed counter-...

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of April 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 07 Apr 2021 OIA-2020/21-0326 Request relating to...

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of May 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 03 May 2021 OIA-2020/21-0483 Request relating to OIA...

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of June 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 08 Jun 2021 OIA-2020/21-0527 Request relating to...

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, or other decision-makers, and may be jointly provided with other...

Quality Standards for written policy and other 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, or other...

This checklist can be used when reviewing a paper that you (or someone else) are developing. The Policy Quality Framework sets out four standards of quality policy analysis and advice. Detailed characteristics sit under each of these standards. ...

About this guide This guide contains advice on how to run a panel-based assessment of policy and other advice papers after their delivery (an ex-post assessment process) using the Policy Quality Framework. It also explains how to score advice papers...

This paper-scoring template can be used by policy quality panel members to record their preliminary assessment of each paper they read. This document is an editable PDF. It can be completed electronically and then printed, or you can print it out and...

This guide contains advice on how to run a panel-based assessment of policy and other advice papers after their delivery (an ex-post assessment process) using the Policy Quality Framework. It also explains how to score advice papers using the Policy...

This is one of a suite of guidance resource on Long-term Insights Briefings (Briefings). The Checklist provides a list of questions based on good practice that can be considered during each step of the development process for a Briefing. It sets out...

The purpose of this briefing is to outline the findings and recommendations from a mid-term review of the 2019 $1.9bn mental health and addiction package, commissioned by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Health on 2 July 2021. Executive...

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of July 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 07 Jul 2021 OIA-2020/21-0578 Request relating to two...

Policy Skills Framework The Policy Skills Framework describes the mix of knowledge, skills and behaviours a modern policy practitioner requires – to be able to deliver quality policy advice.  Each element of the Framework is described at varying...

The Cabinet policy paper template is intended as a guide for the preparation of Cabinet policy papers, and outlines the headings and type of information that need to be included in each section. The actual content and structure of a paper should be...

Chief Executive’s foreword Mahia i runga i te rangimārie me te ngākau māhaki With a calm mind and a respectful heart we will always get the best results The COVID-19 pandemic cast a shadow across the globe this year, with health, social and...

Cabinet paper attachments are usually one of the following: appointments information (Organisation form and Candidate CV form, which should be combined into one document when uploaded into CabNet) additional supporting information that is...

Contact the Cabinet Office directly on 04 830 5010. Cabinet Office Address Cabinet Office Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Parliament Buildings Wellington Email: cabinetoffice@dpmc.govt.nz CabNet support CabNet is a database the...

This resource describes the main features of the Policy Capability Framework and explains how to apply the review tool to improve policy capability.    

This light-touch review tool presents the related ‘lines of inquiry’ from the full framework, to help you and your colleagues assess your organisation's policy capability. For the full version with indicators and maturity ratings to help with...

The Cabinet paper workflow begins with the agency or Minister’s office uploading the final draft of a paper once a Minister has approved it. All Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers with a security classification of In Confidence, Sensitive or...

Access to papers and minutes within CabNet will persist for Ministers that have access at the time that the paper was lodged and considered for as long as they continue to be a Minister. Access to CabNet will cease when a Minister leaves office....

The Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) provides for information to be protected to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy. “Cabinet material” includes Cabinet and Cabinet committee agendas, papers, and...

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 or other decision makers, and may be jointly provided with other...