Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) released
Our briefings to new justice-related ministers following the 2017 General Election have been publicly released today.
The Briefing to the Incoming Minister (BIM) reports are formal documents that government agencies provide to new ministers when they take up a portfolio. The reports are a key part of a briefing process which also includes meetings and other communications, taking place over several weeks.
The BIMs help give the new Minister an overview of the portfolio, what their responsibilities are and what the agency does.
We provided four BIMs to the Ministers responsible for the following portfolios:
- Justice and Courts BIM [PDF, 1 MB]: (Hon Andrew Little(external link), Minister of Justice, Courts and Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and Hon Aupito William Sio(external link), Associate Minister of Justice and Courts)
- Treaty Negotiations BIM [PDF, 929 KB]: (Hon Andrew Little(external link), Minister of Justice, Courts and Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations)
- Attorney-General BIM [PDF, 1015 KB]: (Hon David Parker(external link), Attorney-General)
- Crown/Māori Relations BIM [PDF, 1.3 MB]: (Hon Kelvin Davis(external link), Minister for Crown-Māori Relations and Hon Meka Whaitiri(external link), Associate Minister for Crown-Māori Relations).
The Ministry also recently published its 2017 Annual Report, which was tabled in Parliament on 30 November. The report covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. It is normally tabled sooner, but was delayed due to the election.