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Advice to the Minister for Mental Health Hon Matt Doocey: April 2026

Advice sent to the Minister for Mental Health in April 2026 is listed below, along with links to any documents that have been proactively released.

**Briefings, memos and aides mémoire to Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health and Associate Minister of Health, 1 – 30 April 2026**
Date Sent	Reference	Title
1/04/2026	H2026080805	Aotearoa New Zealand Declaration 2026
1/04/2026	H2026079882	Transfer of control and management for Portobello and Macandrew Bay Cemeteries to Dunedin City Council
1/04/2026	H2026077804	21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference 2026
1/04/2026	H2026080582	Dinner for opening of the 21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference
1/04/2026	H2026079446	Meeting with Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)
2/04/2026	H2026081002	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
8/04/2026	H2026081070	Further information on the Aotearoa New Zealand Declaration 2026
9/04/2026	H2026079791	Mental Health and Addiction productivity work programme: Potential definition and scope
10/04/2026	H2026081233	Meeting with the Board of Health New Zealand on 14 April 2026
13/04/2026	H2026080195	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
13/04/2026	H2026080487	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
16/04/2026	H2026080648	Rural Support Trust 2026 National Conference Dinner
17/04/2026	H2026081495	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
21/04/2026	H2026081219	Extending an authorisation under the Cremation Regulations 1973
22/04/2026	H2026081245	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
22/04/2026	H2026081777	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
22/04/2026	H2026081773	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
22/04/2026	H2026079709	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
23/04/2026	H2026080764	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
23/04/2026	H2026081356	Meeting with Youth One Stop Shop providers about contract consolidation
23/04/2026	H2026081464	Local Government New Zealand Zone 5 and 6 Conference
24/04/2026	H2026081229	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
24/04/2026	H2026081389	Child and Youth Ministers meeting – 28 April 2026
28/04/2026	H2026077814	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
29/04/2026	H2026081492	Meeting with Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission – Te Hiringa Mahara
29/04/2026	H2026081496	Meeting with NZ Drug Foundation
30/04/2026	H2026080630	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
30/04/2026	H2026080562	Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025–2029 Third Quarterly Update

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Briefings, memos and aides memoire to Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, 1 - 30 April 2026

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Section 6(d)	Endanger the safety of any person.
Section 6(e)	Seriously damage the economy by prematurely disclosing decisions to change or continue with Government economic or financial policies.

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Section 9 (2)(c)	Avoid prejudice to measures protecting the health or safety of members of the public.
Section 9 (2)(d)	Avoid prejudice to the substantial economic interests of New Zealand.
Section 9 (2)(e)	Avoid prejudice to measures that prevent or mitigate material loss to members of the public.
Section 9 (2)(f)	Maintain the constitutional conventions which protect confidentiality of communications by or with the Sovereign or her representative, collective and individual ministerial responsibility, the political neutrality of officials, and the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials.
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Section 9 (2)(k)	Prevent the disclosure or use of information for improper gain.