Published: 16 Jul 2025
Category: Publication
The document outlines the role of the Ministry, how we work, who we work with and our organisational strategy over the period July 2025 to June 2029.
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The Ministry works as a trusted defence partner and delivers its work programme through the following four strategic objectives:
Plan: New Zealand’s national security is enhanced by defence planning that is able to foresee strategic challenges, shapes defence policy to match them and delivers a credible defence capability investment pipeline to respond to challenges to New Zealand’s interests now and in the future.
Equip: The New Zealand Defence Force is equipped to meet New Zealand’s defence and security needs. The Ministry delivers major defence capabilities that are timely and fit for purpose.
Partner: Our partners have confidence in the New Zealand Defence system. We provide a valuable contribution to addressing security challenges that impact New Zealanders. The Ministry is respected for its expertise.
Assess: New Zealand understands the performance of the Defence system. A series of assessments demonstrate system credibility, support continuous improvement of the system, and strengthen the Ministry’s ongoing advice to decision makers.
Key indicators and milestones to measure success are outlined in the document, which was presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 38 of the Public Finance Act 1989.