Statement of Intent 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2005
Part 1: Strategic framework (continued)
High-level and intermediate outcomes
The Ministry of Defence has developed a high-level security outcome that guides our work in every area.
Our high-level outcome is: a secure New Zealand that contributes to international security.
A secure New Zealand is a critical precondition to economic growth and social well-being. For the people who live in New Zealand to be able to achieve their aspirations they need to live free from physical threat from external parties. New Zealand's security is directly affected by the security of other countries, and we must, therefore, contribute to international security also. Our high-level outcome contains both these elements: New Zealand's security and our contribution to international security.
We have also developed an intermediate outcome that will allow us to measure our progress towards our high-level security outcome.
Our intermediate outcome is: Ministry of Defence advice and actions are credible and respected, and the Government's defence policy objectives are achieved.
Our intermediate outcome reflects the fact that the Ministry achieves the high-level outcome through the actions of others. For example, military deployments are undertaken by the New Zealand Defence Force, not the Ministry. So our advice and action must be credible. Other agencies must be prepared to act on it. We need to operate through persuasion and influence. Our credibility is critical to our effectiveness. The Ministry cannot work in a vacuum to respond to security challenges. We work closely with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the intelligence agencies, New Zealand Police and others. We are a member of the Officials Domestic and External Security Committee.
But to be credible and respected is not enough - we are focused on contributing to the specific outcomes sought by the Government, currently expressed in the defence policy objectives.
The Government's defence policy objectives are set out in the Government's Defence Policy Framework, issued in June 2000. The Framework sets out five objectives for New Zealand's defence policy:
- to defend New Zealand and to protect its people, land, territorial waters, Exclusive Economic Zone, natural resources and critical infrastructure
- to meet New Zealand's alliance commitments to Australia by maintaining a close defence partnership in pursuit of common security interests
- to assist in the maintenance of security in the South Pacific and to provide assistance to New Zealand's Pacific neighbours
- to play an appropriate role in the maintenance of security in the Asia-Pacific region, including meeting New Zealand's obligations as a member of the Five Power Defence Arrangements
- to contribute to global security and peacekeeping through participation in the full range of United Nations and other appropriate multilateral peace support and humanitarian relief operations.
We have created a number of interventions that will enable us to achieve our intermediate outcome. These interventions provide the link between our output classes and our outcomes. They are set out below.
- In consultation with the New Zealand Defence Force, the Ministry will:
- identify and incorporate changes in the strategic environment, and their implications, into the development of New Zealand's defence and security policy
- meet defence policy objectives through the implementation of the Long-term Development Plan
- maintain effective bilateral and multilateral defence relationships.
- The Ministry will acquire significant military equipment in a transparent and fair way, and in accordance with government procurement policies. 'Significant' means equipment that will usually cost more than NZ$7 million. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing competitive local (Australian, New Zealand, and Singaporean) industries with the opportunity to support defence, and to ensuring that the Government and the taxpayer get value for money.
- The Ministry's Evaluation Division will audit and assess the New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry of Defence.
The audits and assessments will be independent, strategic, and risk-based. The Defence Evaluation Board will assess the Evaluation Division's advice and actions, and ensure that the Ministry of Defence and the New Zealand Defence Force make the recommended improvements in performance and accountability. It is through these improvements in performance and accountability that the Evaluation Division contributes to the achievement of the Ministry's outcomes.
We will seek the views of the Minister of Defence, the New Zealand Defence Force, and other related government agencies to measure and assess our progress towards our intermediate outcome.
We will review the way we measure our progress. The way we measure our progress is set out later in this document under Statement of objectives - output performance.
Figure 1 shows how our output classes, interventions, and intermediate and high-level outcomes work together.
It shows that our interventions can achieve the intermediate outcome because our policy advice, acquisition actions, and audits and assessments contribute directly to the intermediate outcome. The intermediate outcome will impact on the major outcome.
We will test the outcomes and interventions we have described and in particular the intervention logic we have identified. We will gather baseline information about the effectiveness of our policy advice in order to measure progress over time. The way we measure policy advice is set out later in this document under Statement of objectives - output performance.
We work closely with the New Zealand Defence Force and our high-level outcomes are closely related. We have reproduced part of the New Zealand Defence Force's outcome framework which shows where the Ministry of Defence contributes to outcomes to which the New Zealand Defence Force contributes. (Figure 2)
Figure 1: Outcome Framework 
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Figure 2: NZDF Outcome Framework (part only)
Intermediate Outcome1: Secure New Zealand
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The Ministry contributes to intermediate outcome 1 Secure New Zealand through all our outputs.
Intermediate Outcome 2: Reduced risks from regional and global insecurity
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The Ministry contributes to intermediate outcome 2 Reduced risks from regional and global insecurity through our policy and planning output.
Intermediate Outcome 3: New Zealand security values and security interests advanced
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The Ministry directly contributes to intermediate outcome 3 New Zealand security values and security interests advanced predominately through our policy and planning output.
Intermediate Outcome 4: New Zealand is able to meet future national security challenges
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We contribute to intermediate outcome 4 New Zealand is able to meet future national security challenges predominately through our policy and planning and acquisition outputs.
Finding air transport solutions
Air transport is critical for a range of military and Government tasks, and when the RNZAF needed to replace its ageing B727 aircraft, the Ministry of Defence was tasked with finding aircraft to take their place.
The purchase of two Boeing 757 aircraft was considered the best option, and the first of the pair was welcomed into service in mid-2003. The second flew into New Zealand later in the year. The aircraft are to be modified to include cargo doors, access stairs, and auxiliary fuel tanks. The two B757s have joined the RNZAF's 5 C130H Hercules aircraft operated by No.40 Squadron based at Whenuapai in Auckland.
No.40 Squadron performs a variety of tasks in the strategic and tactical air transport roles, flying regularly throughout the South Pacific, Southeast Asia and Australia, as well as to the United Kingdom, Middle East and United States.
The Acquisition Division, in accordance with the Government's Long-term Development Plan for Defence, is also looking at other plans to modernise specific areas of the RNZAF fleet. The Government will be presented with options later this year on the upgrading of the mission, communication and navigations systems on the six P-3K Orion aircraft.
Tenders are also being evaluated for the life extension programme for the five C-130H Hercules aircraft.
