Cabinet National Security Committee (New Zealand)

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New Zealand
Cabinet National Security Committee

Committee overview
Formed	6 October 2014
Committee executives	Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister (Chair) Nanaia Mahuta, 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. Jacinda Ardern	Prime Minister
		Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
		Minister of National Security and Intelligence
	The Hon. Grant Robertson	Deputy Prime Minister
		Minister of Finance
		Minister for Infrastructure
	The Hon. Kelvin Davis	Minister of Corrections
		Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
	The Hon. Andrew Little	Minister of Health
		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
	The Hon. David Parker	Attorney General
		Minister for the Environment
		Associate Minister of Finance
	The Hon. Nanaia Mahuta	Minister of Foreign Affairs
	The Hon. Poto Williams	Minister of Police
	The Hon. Damien O'Connor	Minister of Agriculture
		Minister for Biosecurity
		Minister for Trade and Export Growth
	The Hon. Kris Faafoi	Minister of Justice
		Minister of Immigration
	The Hon. Peeni Henare	Minister of Defence
	The Hon. Kiri Allan	Minister for Emergency Management
	The Hon. David Clark	Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications

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