Defence Force Future Air Surveillance: Approval to Purchase the Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

22/08/2018 Capability Delivery, Cabinet material, Publication

Cabinet Paper and Minutes

Defence Force Future Air Surveillance: Approval to Purchase the Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
pdf
3.4 MB
22 Aug 2018
This publication provides documents on Cabinet’s 2 July 2018 decision agreeing to the order of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, training systems and other support equipment and services, and the acquisition of infrastructure and other components to bring the P-8As into service. It comprises:
  • the Cabinet minute of decision: Defence Force Future Air Surveillance: Approval to Purchase the Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft [CAB-18-MIN-0305]
  • the Cabinet Government Administration and Expenditure Review Committee minute of decision: Defence Force Future Air Surveillance: Approval to Purchase the Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft [GOV-18-MIN-0042]
  • the Cabinet paper: Defence Force Future Air Surveillance: Approval to Purchase the Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft [GOV-18-SUB-0042].
Certain information has been withheld from the documents, in accordance with the following provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. Where information is withheld this is indicated in the documents. In addition, the business case for the purchase of the P-8As is withheld in full in accordance to the following provisions of the Act. Recognising the public interest in information on the decision to purchase major defence capabilities, the Cabinet paper provides a summary of the key information that formed the basis of Cabinet’s decision to make this purchase.
Certain information is withheld, where the making available of the information 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 the basis of confidence by the Government of any other country [section 6(b)(i)].
In addition, certain information has been withheld in order to:
  • protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied the information [section 9(2)(b)(ii)]
  • maintain the constitutional conventions for the timing being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials [section 9(2)(f)(iv)]
  • 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)]
  • enable a Minister of the Crown or any department or organisation holding the information to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities [section 9(2)(i)].
Where information is withheld pursuant to section 9(2), it is not considered that the public interest in this information outweighs the need to protect it.
Information about making an Official Information Act request to the Ministry of Defence is available from this page.
More information about the P-8As can be found here: P-8A announcement and the Future Air Surveillance Capability Maritime Patrol Aircraft project page.