Parliament’s financial scrutiny cycle

This one-page resource includes a diagram showing Parliament’s financial scrutiny cycle, which…


The most important thing is to write for everyone and to tell the story in a way that your readers understand

Written by a data presentation specialist, this article gives a number of tips for presenting data.…


Policy Quality Framework

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet hosts the Policy Project. This Policy Quality…


Developing papers with the Policy Quality Framework

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet hosts the Policy Project. This checklist for peer…


Social sector commissioning: Progress, principles and next steps

In 2018, the then-Government tasked social sector Chief Executives to look into the way their…


Risk management framework: Invercargill City Council

This policy sets out what is required for officers at Invercargill City Council to manage risk, but…


Report writing guidance

This guidance is aimed at any local government officer involved in the report writing process:…


‘Narrative and storytelling’, from Evidence-based policy making in the social sciences

Storytelling is important, including to the creation of policy or legislation, because it helps…