Government decision making during a crisis

the New Zealand experience during the Covid-19 pandemic

Authors

  • Michael Webster

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v17i1.6724

Abstract

A key component of New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was how the government was organised and supported to make decisions in relation to the health, economic, social, foreign policy, legal and other policy issues it faced. The New Zealand system of central government decision making, as set out in the Cabinet Manual and operated by the Cabinet Office, was continually adapted to ensure that the Prime Minister and Ministers, and the officials working to them, were provided with a system that facilitated both rapid and considered decision making and promulgation of those decisions.

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Published

2021-02-10

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021): Focus on Covid-19: Governance in a pandemic

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