NZDF Liaison Officer to the Civil-Military Coordination Centre

Additional info

The pack comprises the following document:

• Ministerial Briefing Briefing: the Civilian Military Coordination Centre and the International Stabilisation Force for Gaza, 22 October 2025; and

• Ministerial Briefing Briefing: New Zealand Defence Force Liaison Officer at the Civil-Military Coordination Centre – Next Steps; 28 November 2025.

It has been necessary to withhold certain information in accordance with the following provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. Where information is withheld, the relevant sections of the Act are indicated in the body of the document

Information is withheld where making it available would be likely to prejudice:

• the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand [section 6(a)]

• the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand on a basis of confidence by the Government of any other country or any agency of such a Government [section 6(b)(i)]

• the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand on a basis of confidence by any international organisation [section 6(b)(ii)]

Further information is withheld to:

• protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons [section 9(2)(a)]

• maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an organisation or officers and employees of any department or organisation in the course of their duty [section 9(2)(g)(i]

• maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials [section 9(2)(f)(iv)]

• maintain legal privilege [section 9(2)(h)]