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Introduction 1As announced by the Prime Minister on 19 January 2023, the 2023 general election is to be held on Saturday, 14 October 2023. The “pre-election period” is generally regarded as being the three months before a general election. The pre-...

Title Date Status CO (21) 1: 2022 Legislation Programme: Requirements for Submitting Bids 30 November 2021 Superseded CO (20) 11: Statutes Amendment Bill for 2021...

Photo credit: Mark Mitchell What is Cabinet? Cabinet is the central decision-making body of executive government. It provides a collective forum for Ministers to decide significant government issues. The following matters must be submitted to...

Cabinet committees provide the forum for more detailed consideration and discussion of issues before reference to Cabinet. Most Cabinet committees are standing committees of Cabinet, and meet regularly. Unlike Cabinet, officials may be invited to attend...

To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit: AVIA, Ms Donna Tusiata (Tusiata) For services to poetry and the arts Ms Tusiata Avia is an internationally acclaimed poet, performer and children’s author known for her dynamic performance style. Ms...

NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY AWARDS The Queen has been pleased to approve the following New Zealand Bravery Awards: THE NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY STAR (N.Z.B.S.) Mr Taufui Aevalu PAEA Citation On the morning of 6 December 2004 in Glenfield, Auckland, Mr Paea’s...

The New Zealand Order of Merit The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit: DNZM To be Dames Companion of the said Order: Professor...

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration: Captain Matthew Gordon Carey (For security reasons relating to the New Zealand Defence Force the identity of the recipient was not made public until 8 March 2023.) For services to the New...

The New Zealand Order of Merit The Queen has been pleased, on the celebration of the New Year, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit: DNZM To be Dames Companion of the said Order: Ms Trelise Pamela Cooper, MNZM, of...

The Schedule of Responsibilities Delegated to Associate Ministers provides a summary list of the responsibilities that portfolio Ministers have delegated to Associate Ministers. This page will be updated from time to time to reflect any substantive...

Details of the Ministerial List as at 20 March 2023 are set out in the attached file. Notes: all Ministers are members of the Executive Council the Parliamentary Under-Secretaries are part of executive government, but are not members...

Appointed ministers are responsible for the actions, successes and failures of their departments. The Ministerial list contains information on the current Ministers of the Crown, and the portfolios and other responsibilities that they hold. The...

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...

Government bills are managed through the Legislation Programme. Towards the end of each year, Ministers are invited, through a Cabinet Office circular, to put in proposals (bids) to include bills in the Legislation Programme for the upcoming year. The...

Laws usually come into effect only after their publication (with the exceptions being matters of national security or matters of particular commercial or legal significance where time is an overriding factor). The Parliamentary Counsel Office's (PCO’s)...

The Governor-General has delegated responsibility for the custody of the Seal of New Zealand to the Clerk of the Executive Council. Documents that require the Seal of New Zealand to be affixed to them include: warrants for the appointment of...

EC meetings are held on most Mondays at 4pm in the Executive Council meeting room on level 10 of the Beehive, and are presided over by the Governor-General or, in the Governor-General’s absence overseas, by the Administrator of the Government. From time...

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

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...

Appointments made by the Governor-General outside Executive Council Templates are available for appointments made by the Governor-General or appointments made by the Administrator of the Government outside of Executive Council. The Administrator fulfils...

This page sets out the requirements and processes for considering appointments (and reappointments) made by Ministers, the Governor-General on the advice of a Minister, or by the Governor-General in Executive Council. The standard process for...

When considering Cabinet papers at Cabinet committees, Ministers will sometimes ask officials to come in to answer questions or speak to them about the matter when they need further information. This is likely to be the case for papers involving...

Cabinet and Cabinet committee minutes are the formal record of a decision, and are prepared and published by the Cabinet Office once a Cabinet paper or oral item has been considered by Cabinet or a Cabinet committee. Important note: All decisions by a...

The deadline for lodging Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers is 10:00am on the Thursday before the meeting. If any Cabinet or Cabinet committee papers are unable to be lodged in CabNet or with the Cabinet Office (if papers are highly...

Ministers are expected to consult their relevant Ministerial colleagues before submitting Cabinet committee papers that deal with significant or potentially controversial matters, or that affect other Ministers’ portfolio interests. Where there is a...

Once the policy content of a bill has been agreed, and the bill has been drafted, approval must be sought through LEG and Cabinet for the introduction of the bill to the House of Representatives. LEG will examine the bill to ensure that its policy...

Papers seeking approval for treaty actions generally follow the format of standard Cabinet papers. Below is an annotated example of an international treaty action paper. Template for international treaty Cabinet papersdocx23.09 KB [...

Papers that are submitted to Cabinet or committee seeking authorisation for the submission of regulations to the Executive Council must follow the format set out below. Each heading must appear in the paper (write "not applicable" if the heading is not...

CabNet user accounts CabNet is used by government agencies that require access to Cabinet material. CabNet is operated under a devolved accountability and user-administration model - agencies that use CabNet are responsible for administering the...

General Cabinet Ministers have access to all Cabinet material on CabNet. Ministers outside Cabinet have access to Cabinet material for the Cabinet committees they are on, and to papers within their own portfolio or relating to their portfolio....

Calendar of meetings The CabNet calendar contains all Cabinet, Cabinet committee and Executive Council meeting events within an upcoming year. For those officials who do not have access to CabNet, a schedule of the next week’s meetings is...

A Cabinet Committee Agenda is generated on the basis of the items listed against the meeting event in CabNet. Items are listed against a meeting event in CabNet as a result of Ministers’ offices and agencies nominating a meeting for the consideration of...

Highly classified submissions must be hand-delivered to Cabinet Office reception by the Minister’s office. The checklist for Ministers’ offices lists all of the steps that are required for submitting a highly classified Cabinet or Cabinet committee...

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...

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...