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8.86 Official documents, including Cabinet records, may be relevant to legal proceedings. If so they are likely to be included in the discovery process and may be produced in court. 8.87 When the discovery or production of official papers is sought...

8.90 Requests under the Official Information Act for documents relating to parliamentary proceedings may be refused if releasing the document would amount to a contempt of the House (section 18(c)(ii)). Most documents relating to parliamentary...

8.92 The Public Records Act 2005 establishes a regulatory framework for information and records management throughout the public sector. “Public records” for the purposes of the Public Records Act are records (information that is compiled, recorded,...

8.120 Former Ministers should not disclose official information dating from their time in office. 8.121 Former Ministers may wish to publish memoirs, articles, or other material that relates to their time in office. The free flow of advice and...

General 8.124 The convention on access to documents of a previous administration allows Ministers of the current government to consult the Cabinet records of a previous government on a confidential basis. It also gives former Ministers ongoing access...

As amended in 1987 and 2006     Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand (SR 1983/225)     ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of...

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T V W 28-day rule 7.96-7.99 A accountability documents 3.15 statutory inquiries 4.110 Acting Attorney-General 4.11 acting Ministers 2.41-2.45 Acting Prime Minister 2.13-2.14, 2.41 Administrator...

Related information The Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983, incorporating the 1986 and 2006 amendments, are in the appendix. Information about the office of Governor-General, including background...

Related information Information on the composition of the current ministry and the scope of ministerial portfolios can be found on the Cabinet Office section of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's website,www.dpmc.govt.nz/cabinet-office...

Related information Information on Cabinet and Cabinet committee processes is set out in the CabGuide, www.dpmc.govt.nz/cabguide. Information on standards of integrity and conduct, political neutrality, briefings for incoming Ministers, contact...

Related information CO (16) 2 Cabinet Directions for the Conduct of Crown Legal Business 2016, CO (14) 4 Attorney-General's Protocol for Release of Draft Government Legislation outside the Crown [replaced from April 2019 by CO (19) 2 Attorney-...

Related information Information about the membership and terms of reference of Cabinet committees, any coalition or support arrangements, and Cabinet Office circulars are available on the website of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, at...

Related information Speeches concerning the Governor-General's role during transitions and government formation are available on the Governor-General's website, www.gg.govt.nz. Detailed guidance for public servants during elections can be found on...

Related information Information about the Law Commission and its work programme is on its website, www.lawcom.govt.nz. The Legislation Design and Advisory Committee Guidelines on Process and Content of Legislation can be found on its website,...

Related information The Protective Security Requirements set out the Government's expectations for managing personnel, physical, and information security. They set out what agencies must consider to ensure that they are managing protective security...

Published in 2017 by the Cabinet Office, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand © Crown Copyright This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. In essence,...

A BIM (Briefing to the incoming Minister) gives a new Minister an overview of the priorities of their department or Ministry, and identifies some of the more significant issues and opportunities. This briefing was prepared for the Honourable...

This Plan describes the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s (DPMC) purpose, medium-term strategy, and how we plan to organise our resources over the next four financial years, to 2020/21. It also sets out how we will deliver on government...

The Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration (Nicky Wagner) has released the Cathedral Working Group (CWG) Recommendation Report. Cathedral Working Group recommendation reportpdf1.56 MB Appendix 1 - Cathedral Working...

The Prime Minister Rt Hon Bill English has proactively released the Cabinet paper about the review of the Cabinet Manual. Three documents are published below: the Cabinet paper the revision-tracked version of the Cabinet Manual text that was...

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) plays a key role in monitoring and reporting on the overall progress of the regeneration of greater Christchurch. The report provides a summary of regeneration progress, drawing on numerous sources...

Greater Christchurch Group has released its Whole of Government report on the lessons from the Canterbury earthquake sequence. The report is a literature review of the published material related to the recovery from the Canterbury earthquake sequence,...

Start Right Exploration lets you identify and confirm the most important dimensions of a policy project at the start, to assist with scoping, focus, direction and project efficiency. It is also known as policy analysis, policy scoping or...

Role play helps you understand and prepare for a situation by acting out a scenario with fictional personas. On this page: Why you should use it What it involves What you will get out of it Ideal circumstances for use Limitations...

Prototyping helps you to build ideas for policy options by testing a model and refining it through active user participation. On this page: Why you should use it What it involves What you will get out of it Ideal circumstances for use...

Experience or empathy interviews are an inexpensive way to learn from people about their experience of a service or system. On this page: Why you should use it What it involves What you will get out of it Ideal circumstances for use...

On Thursday 17 August, the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Nicky Wagner, presented the report of the Annual Review of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 (the Act) in Parliament. The Act came into effect on 19 April...

The Christchurch Stadium Trust’s pre-feasibility report for a Multi-Use Arena (MUA) in Christchurch considers the viability of an arena and outlines four options of varying size and cost. It reinforces the need for a multi-functional and flexible...

Christchurch City Council's Cranford Regeneration Plan was approved on 17 August 2017 by Hon Gerry Brownlee, acting on behalf of the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration under section 38 of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016...

Christchurch City Council's Cranford Regeneration Plan was approved on 17 August 2017 by Hon Gerry Brownlee, acting on behalf of the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration under section 38 of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016...

This wallchart provides an easy guide to the transmission, handling, storage, and disposal of different classifications of Cabinet material. See the CabGuide for more information on the secure handling of Cabinet material.

This Official Information and Proactive Release Policy describes how the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) will ensure that we meet the spirit and the letter of the Official Information Act 1982 and comply with initiatives to increase...

There are heightened sensitivities during an election period, which require particular care and restraint. To that end, this document sets out principles and protocols to manage engagement by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and...

Purpose 1This circular sets out the principles that guide Ministers’ access to the records of the previous administration. It also provides guidance for officials handling requests for official information received before 26 October 2017, when...