Cabinet National Security Committee (New Zealand)

New Zealand
Cabinet National Security Committee
Committee overview

Formed	6 October 2014
Committee executives	Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister (Chair) Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Chair)
Parent department	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Website	Cabinet National Security Committee

The Cabinet National Security Committee (NSC) is a cabinet-level committee of the New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet that was created in October 2014 by the Fifth National Government. This body is modelled after the British National Security Council and the Australian National Security Committee of Cabinet. The NSC is headed by the Minister of National Security and Intelligence.^[1]^[2]

The NSC is given oversight over New Zealand's intelligence community and security services and tasked with considering policies and proposals relating to those departments. Another function of the Cabinet National Security Committee is to coordinate and direct national responses to major crises or national security problems. The members of the Committee are the Prime Minister and Ministers responsible for the Civil Defence, the Defence, Foreign Affairs, Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, and Police portfolios.^[3]

Committee Members

Image	Name	Portfolio(s)
	The Rt. Hon. Christopher Luxon	Prime Minister
		Leader of the New Zealand National Party
		Minister of National Security and Intelligence
	The Rt. Hon. Winston Peters	Deputy Prime Minister
		Minister of Foreign Affairs
		Minister for Racing
	The Hon. Mark Mitchell	Minister of Corrections
		Minister for Emergency Management
		Minister of Police
	The Hon. Judith Collins	Minister of Defence
		Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques
		Minister Responsible for the GCSB
		Minister Responsible for the NZSIS
		Attorney General
		Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications
	The Hon. Simon Watts	Minister for the Environment
	The Hon. Simon Watts	Minister of Revenue
	The Hon. Todd McClay	Minister of Agriculture
		Minister for Biosecurity
		Minister for Trade and Export Growth
	The Hon. Erica Stanford	Minister of Immigration
	The Hon. Nicola Willis	Minister of Finance

^ "National Security and Intelligence role created". Scoop Media. New Zealand. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ "Outline of security portfolio responsibilities" (PDF). Scoop Media. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^ "Cabinet National Security Committee". Cabinet National Security Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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Agencies	New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Government Communications Security Bureau National Assessments Bureau
Coordination	Minister for National Security and Intelligence Cabinet National Security Committee Officials Committee for Domestic and External Security Coordination Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (National Security Group) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry of Defence
Related	Directorate of Defence Intelligence and Security New Zealand Customs Service New Zealand Police Organised and Financial Crime Agency Immigration New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
Oversight	Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee Ministry of Justice State Services Commission

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