Defence Policy Review: Defence Policy Review and Strategy Statement Cabinet papers and Aide Memoire
This publication provides documents pertaining to an oral update provided to Cabinet on 13 December 2022 regarding the Defence Policy and Strategy Statement (DPSS), and two subsequent papers from March and June 2023 where the DPSS was approved as the Government’s official statement of New Zealand’s Defence Policy.
The pack comprises the following documents:
- Cabinet minute: Oral Item - Defence Policy and Strategy Statement: Update [ERS-22-MIN-0062]
- Aide memoire: Defence Policy and Strategy Statement
- Cabinet minute: Defence Policy Review: Defence Policy and Strategy Statement [ERS-23-MIN-0009]
- Cabinet paper: Defence Policy Review: Defence Policy and Strategy Statement [ERS-23-SUB-0009]
- Cabinet minute: Defence Policy Review: Defence Policy and Strategy Statement [ERS-23-MIN-0033]
- Cabinet paper: Defence Policy Review: Defence Policy and Strategy Statement [ERS-23-SUB-0033]
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