National Assessments Bureau (NAB)

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The National Assessments Bureau (NAB) produces intelligence assessments on events and developments that bear on New Zealand’s interests to help inform government decision making. NAB is also responsible for promoting excellence in intelligence analysis across the New Zealand government.

NAB is part of the Security and Intelligence Group within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) and is made up of mostly of assessment analysts with regional or topic-based expertise.

The Director of NAB is accountable to the Deputy Chief Executive Security and Intelligence, of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), for the Bureau’s day-to-day operations, but is directly accountable to the Prime Minister for the content and quality of its assessments. 

The Director of NAB chairs the National Intelligence Coordination Committee. The Committee coordinates the effort of government agencies in meeting New Zealand’s intelligence priorities.

The current Director is Cecile Hillyer.