Ministerial decision-making documents

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

Advice sent to the Minister for Mental Health in May 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 – 31 May 2026
Date Sent	Reference	Title
5/05/2026	H2026081924	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
6/05/2026	H2026080722	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
6/05/2026	H2026082012	Appointment of district inspector of mental health
6/05/2026	H2026082211	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
7/05/2026	H2026082155	Australia 18-22 May 2026 visit: Materials to support engagements
7/05/2026	H2026082210	Draft Cabinet Paper - Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Alcohol Levy Order
7/05/2026	H2026081916	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
8/05/2026	H2026081228	Social Investment Ministers Group Meeting 12 May 2026
8/05/2026	H2026081919	Australian Mental Health Commission Visits
8/05/2026	H2026082294	Review of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission: Options on the scope of the review
8/05/2026	H2026082408	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
13/05/2026	H2026082490	Preparation for release of HDC and HQSC findings on disabled people's health system experiences
15/05/2026	H2026081464	Local Government New Zealand Zone 5 and 6 Conference
20/05/2026	H2026081434	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
20/05/2026	H2026082419	Withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
21/05/2026	H2026082684	Alcohol levy-funded activities - Quarter three progress
21/05/2026	H2026080630	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
21/05/2026	H2026082841	Update on the Child and Youth Mental Health Prevalence Study
22/05/2026	H2026082452	Publication of Sapere service mapping reports
25/05/2026	H2025075635	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
25/05/2026	H2026082687	Information to support alcohol levy Cabinet paper at Cabinet Business Committee on 2 June 2026
25/05/2026	H2026082857	Ministerial Disability Leadership Group
26/05/2026	H2026082676	Section 95 inquiry into the treatment of a person at Waikato Hospital
26/05/2026	H2026082267	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
27/05/2026	H2026082268	Meeting with Hauora Taiwhenua Rural health Network June 2026
27/05/2026	H2026083201	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
27/05/2026	H2026082438	Meeting with Southern Cross Health Insurance, 2 June 2026
28/05/2026	H2026082627	Fieldays June 2026
28/05/2026	H2026083253	Withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act
28/05/2026	H2026083062	Gumboot Friday: Contract renewal 2026/27

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Briefings, memos and aides-memoire to Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, 1 - 31 May 2026

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Section	Conclusive reasons to withhold official information
Section 6(a)	Prejudice New Zealand’s defence, security or international relations.
Section 6(b)	Prejudice any international government or organisations entrusting information to the government on a basis of confidence.
Section 6(c)	Prejudice the maintenance of the law (including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences and the right to a fair trial).
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.

Section	Other reasons to withhold official information
Section 9 (2)(a)	Protect the privacy of natural persons (including the privacy of a deceased person).
Section 9 (2)(b)	Protect information where the making available of the information would disclose a trade secret or would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.
Section 9 (2)(ba)	Protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person is compellable to provide, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information or information from a similar source and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied, or it would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest.
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.
Section 9 (2)(g)	Maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions by, between, or to, Ministers, officers and employees of a Department or members of an organisation, in the course of their duty, or through protection of any of them from improper pressure or harassment.
Section 9 (2)(h)	Maintain legal professional privilege.
Section 9 (2)(i)	Enable a Minister or Department to carry out commercial activities.
Section 9 (2)(j)	Enable a Minister or Department to carry out negotiations without prejudice or disadvantage.
Section 9 (2)(k)	Prevent the disclosure or use of information for improper gain.