Our structure

The Ministry of Defence is made up of the Office of the Secretary of Defence and four divisions: Policy and Planning, Tū Aromatawai Independent Review, Capability Delivery, and Finance.

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Policy and Planning

In consultation with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), we provide advice to the Government on Defence policy matters, including:

  • the strategic environment

  • Defence and security policies

  • military capabilities needed to meet Defence policy goals, including the costs, benefits and risks associated with proposed capability options; this includes technical analysis and advice

  • the effective operation of the Defence Capability Management system

  • the management of bilateral and multilateral defence relations, including NZDF deployments.

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Capability Delivery

We purchase major military equipment/defence capability for the three NZDF services: the Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Finance

We provide financial services and advice, manage cash and foreign currency funds, and produce estimates and reports on all financial aspects of Ministry business.

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Governance, People and Executive Services

We support the Secretary of Defence in her role as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence.

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Tū Aromatawai Independent Review

We carry out assessments and audits of any function, duty or project of the NZDF. We also audit our Ministry’s activities relating to the purchasng of major military equipment/capability.

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