South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting 2025

Additional info

The pack comprises the following document:

• the October 2025 briefing South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting 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 relationships of the Government of New Zealand [section 6(a)],

• the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand by the
  Government of another country [section 6(b)i)], and

• the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand by an
  international organisation [section 6(b)(ii)].

Information is also withheld in order to:

• maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions [section 9(2)(g)(i)].

Where information is withheld under section 9(2) of the Act it is not considered that the public interest outweighs the need to protect it.

© Crown Copyright

This copyright work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the work, as long as you attribute the work to the Ministry of Defence and abide by the other licence terms.