Foreign policy
Core agency for consultation on foreign policy: Foreign Affairs and Trade
Other Agencies | Areas of Interest |
Agriculture and Forestry | Biosecurity, agriculture and forestry trade issues |
Civil Defence and Emergency Management | Support to Pacific Island countries in emergencies |
Conservation | Issues relating to Antarctica, environment and conservation issues, border control, marine mammals |
Culture and Heritage | Implications for cultural diplomacy |
Customs | Border control and security, international customs co-operation, trade facilitation and compliance issues |
Defence | External security, deployment of New Zealand troops, Antarctica |
Defence Force | External security, Antarctica, Exclusive Economic Zone |
Economic Development | Foreign investment, international communications, tourism issues |
Environment | Policies affecting international resource and environment matters, Antarctica, oceans |
Fisheries | Implications for fisheries resources, aquatic environment, Antarctica |
Health | International health agreements and organisations, border control issues |
Inland Revenue | Foreign investment, double tax agreements, tax status of international organisations, tax issues associated with Common Economic Relations (Australia) |
Internal Affairs | Distinguished visitors, passports, citizenship, border control, implications for local government |
Justice | Human rights treaties, private international law |
Labour | Issues that impact on immigration and international labour standards |
Land Information New Zealand | Definition of territorial boundaries |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) | Food export issues |
Office for Disability Issues (Ministry of Social Development) | United Nations conventions on disability and human rights, foreign aid to disadvantaged communities |
Office of Ethnic Affairs (Department of Internal Affairs) | Immigration issues |
Police | Border control issues |
Domestic and External Security Group (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) | External security issues |
Research, Science and Technology | Antarctica, international science and research agreements/relationships, global innovation linkages |
Social Development | International social security agreements |
Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development) | Indigenous peoples, Treaty issues |
Transport | International transport agreements |
