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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...

This is one of a suite of guidance resource on Long-term Insights Briefings (Briefings). It sets out the process and indicative timeframe for departments to follow in developing a Briefing. There are eight high-level steps in the development process and...

Introduction 1The Legislation Guidelines (2021 edition) are the government's key point of reference for assessing whether draft legislation conforms to accepted legal and constitutional principles.  2The Legislation Guidelines set out guidance...

Introduction 1The Legislation Guidelines (2021 edition) are the government's key point of reference for assessing whether draft legislation conforms to accepted legal and constitutional principles. 2The Legislation Guidelines set out guidance on...

Proactive release of information about management of ministerial conflicts of interest 1 October 2020 - 30 September 2021 Management of ministerial conflicts of interest, 1 October 2020 – 30 September 2021pdf453.05 KB Explanatory note...

THE ORDER OF NEW ZEALAND The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the New Zealand celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to approve the following appointment to The Order of New Zealand: O.N.Z. To be a Member of the said Order: His Eminence...

The Government is addressing how it engages with people and communities, so they can have a stronger voice in the design, development and implementation of policies and programmes that affect them. This is a recommendation of the Royal Commission report...

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of Hon Andrew Little, Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the RCOI's Report into the Terrorist Attack on...

A case study on community engagement to establish a safe and effective justice system.

A case study on designing experiments to test the feasibility of new digital identity solutions.

A case study on engaging with farming communities to understand their lived experience of issues.

The following is a list of Official Information Request responses released by the DPMC during the month of August 2021. Date Sent OIA Reference Title 2 Aug 2021 OIA-2020/21-0645 Request relating to Cyber...

A guide for government agencies and policy advisors on inclusive community engagement in policy making.

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of Hon Andrew Little, Minister Responsible for the GCSB and Minister Responsible for the NZSIS: Intelligence and Security (...

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the RCOI's Report into the Terrorist Attack on the...

The following document has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern: Power to Act for Group of Ministers over the Holiday Period 2021/2022 The following...

The following documents have been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Grant Robertson: Progress report on Implementation Unit Assignments The following...

This Cabinet minute has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, on behalf of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. Cabinet Minute CAB-22-MIN-0010: Additional Item: Update on Planning for Queen's Platinum...