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This section provides information on the Cabinet process for Ministers' and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries’ overseas travel and Cabinet travel paper requirements. Follow this link for templates for the two kinds of travel papers. Guidelines on...

Travel papers are Cabinet papers CabNet requires users to nominate the type of paper being uploaded at the start of the upload process. The three types are General, Appointment, and Travel. Both agency CabNet users and Ministerial office CabNet users...

Information that should be provided to Cabinet or Cabinet committees Where a there is a proposal to become party to a treaty, or to take formal treaty action, the following information needs to be provided to Cabinet or Cabinet committees: the exact...

Introduction This section provides information on international treaty making and the process for international treaty papers, including: the difference between international treaties and arrangements an outline of when Cabinet’s approval is...

The key features of the parliamentary treaty examination process, set out on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s website, are as follows. The Cabinet Manual and Standing Orders require the government to present all multilateral treaties and...

Any proposal to sign an international treaty, or to take binding treaty action, must be submitted to Cabinet for approval (see paragraph 5.79 of the Cabinet Manual). The term “binding treaty action” refers not only to the conclusion of a treaty, but...

Background This section provides information on the process for government responses to both select committee reports and Law Commission reports, and the requirements for related papers, including: the requirements for government responses to select...

The need for Executive Council (EC) action on a particular matter will be indicated in the relevant statutory provision by the words “in Council” (i.e. “the Governor-General in Council” or “by Order in Council”). Matters that require action by EC are as...

The Executive Council (EC) is the highest formal instrument of government, through which the government collectively and formally advises the Governor-General. All Ministers of the Crown are members of EC (whether those Ministers are inside or outside...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Contributions to Local Authority Disaster Relief Funds as a reference. The following documents have been proactively released...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Implementation Unit Assignments - Progress Report as at June 2022 as a reference. The following documents have been...

  “Advice given to Ministers must be honest, impartial, and include all relevant information. It must also be responsive to the priorities determined by the government of the day. Advice should be free and frank, and acknowledge any key...

Appointment papers are Cabinet papers which propose the appointment or reappointment of an individual, or several individuals, by a Minister. CabNet requires users to nominate the type of paper being uploaded at the start of the upload process. The...

When the Governor-General is overseas, then the Administrator of the Government fulfills the Governor-General's functions. The Administrator of the Government is the Chief Justice of New Zealand. In such cases the advice sheet must be addressed to the...

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health: Health and Disability System Reform Briefings October 2021 to January 2022 The...

Preparing Ministers’ papers for a meeting Ministers receive all Cabinet and Cabinet committee items in hard copy from the Cabinet Office, unless they have opted to use CabDocs. Papers should be prepared for a Minister’s attendance at Cabinet or a...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Governor-General’s Travel to the United Kingdom (CAB-22-SUB-0296/CAB-22-MIN-0296) as a reference. The following documents...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Briefing to the Incoming Minister for the COVID-19 Response (Jun 2022) as a reference. The following documents have been...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Briefing to the Incoming Minister for Emergency Management (Jun 2022) as a reference. The following document has ...

The Order of New Zealand The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee, to make the following Additional appointments to The Order of New Zealand: ONZ To be Additional Members of the said...

Organisation Form (December 2019)docx21.26 KB Refer to these pages for more information Cabinet paper template - appointments Appointment paper candidate CV form CabNet: Uploading attachments to Cabinet papers CabNet: How to upload...

Candidate CV Formdocx22.38 KB Refer to these pages for more information Cabinet paper template - appointment Appointment paper organisation form CabNet: Uploading attachments to Cabinet papers CabNet: How to upload appointments papers

Template for Governor-General appointment documentsdocx44.63 KB Refer to the following pages for more information Template for Administrator of the Government appointments documents Cabinet paper template - appointment Appointment paper...

Use the template below as a guide to preparing Administrator of the Government appointment documents. Template for Administrator of the Government appointment documentsdocx43.59 KB Refer to the following pages for more information...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Financial assistance to support Buller District Council's Infrastructure Recovery Programme as a reference. The following...

Accessible HTML version If you require an HTML version please contact information@dpmc.govt.nz and cite Proactive Release: Implementation Unit: Mid-Year Review of the 2022 Work Programme as a reference. The following documents have been proactively...

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet releases the titles of advice to the Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications each quarter. Advice is provided to Hon Dr David Clark by the National Security Group and Strategy, Governance and...

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern: Governor General (Allowance) Orders 2021 The following documents have been...

This Cabinet paper and related Cabinet minute have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, on behalf of Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister. Accessible HTML version Only the Cabinet minute is...

This Cabinet material has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of Hon Chris Hipkins, Leader of the House. Accessible HTML version Part of the Cabinet decision is extracted below in HTML....

The following document has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of (Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern), Prime Minister:    Christchurch Call Unit The following documents have been included...

Th following document has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Minister for National Security and Intelligence:      Managing Foreign Terrorist Fighters...

Cabinet paper lodged 8 April 2021. Cabinet minute dated 19 April 2021. Accessible HTML version Part of the Cabinet decision is extracted below in HTML. If you require a full HTML version of this Cabinet decision release, please contact information@...

This page contains documents prepared for release by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of the appropriate Ministers. The Report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on...

The development of legislation is a complex and time-consuming process requiring careful planning and co-ordination. The basic process for developing government legislation, contained in paragraph 7.22 of the Cabinet Manual, is as follows: decision...

Cabinet and Cabinet committees consider papers on primary (bills) and secondary (regulations and Orders in Council) legislation. The CabGuide contains information on the legislation process, divided into sections on bills and regulations, including...