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