Public Service Transformation - Budget 2026 Information Release
Documents in this section relate to the Public Service Transformation.
- Budget 2026 Information Release
- Published: 10 September 2026
Will also be published on the Treasury website, which will be the permanent repository for this release material. Material will be withdrawn from this Budget website in May 2027.
See Information Withheld from Documents on the Budget 2026 Information Release home page, or the cover page in each PDF file, for an explanation of why deletions may have been made to some of these documents.
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Documents Released 10 September 2026
| Doc. Date | Creator | Title |
|---|---|---|
| The Treasury | Letter to Public service chief executives - Next steps for implementing FTE reductions (PDF 256KB) | |
| The Treasury | Email: Budget Day Messaging - Chief Executives (PDF 613KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Adrienne Meikle - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Amanda Malu - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Andrew Clark - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Andrew Hampton - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Andrew Kibblewhite - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Anna Adams KC - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Audrey Sonerson - Public Service transformation (PDF 306KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Bede Corry - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Ben King - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Brad Ward - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Brendan Boyle - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Brook Barrington - Public Service transformation (PDF 298KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Christine Stevenson - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Colin Lynch - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Dave Gawn MBE - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Dave Samuels - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Debbie Power - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Ellen MacGregor-Reid - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Grainne Moss - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Iain Rennie CNZM - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Jan Pierce - Public Service transformation (PDF 339KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Jeremy Lightfoot - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Justine Smith - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Karen Chang - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Kellie Coombes - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae - Public Service transformation (PDF 301KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Mervin Singham - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Nic Blakeley - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Nicola Hill - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Paul James - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Paula Tesoriero MNZM - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Penny Nelson - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Peter Mersi - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Rachel Leota - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Ray Smith - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Sam Buckle - Public Service transformation (PDF 307KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Sean Teddy - Public Service transformation (PDF 298KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Sir Brian Roche KNZM - Public Service transformation (PDF 305KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Letter to Tim Fowler - Public Service transformation (PDF 304KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Bishop - Crown Law - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 282KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Bishop - MCERT - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 284KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Butterick - LINZ - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 317KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Chhour - Oranga Tamariki - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 281KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Costello - Customs - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 288KB) | |
| Minister of Finance | Letter to Hon Goldsmith - Culture and Heritage - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 256KB) | |
| Minister of Finance | Letter to Hon Goldsmith - Justice - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 258KB) | |
| Minister of Finance | Letter to Hon Goldsmith - Pacific Peoples - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 255KB) | |
| Minister of Finance | Letter to Hon Goldsmith - PSC - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 256KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Grigg - Women - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 284KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Rt Hon Luxon - DPMC - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 282KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon McClay - Primary Industries - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 289KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Mitchell - Corrections - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 282KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Mitchell - Serious Fraud Office - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 286KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Penk - Defence - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 298KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Rt Hon Peters - MFAT - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 288KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Potaka - Conservation - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 282KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Potaka - Māori Development - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 282KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Seymour - Regulation - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 288KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Brown - Health - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 281KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Simpson - Stats - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 287KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Stanford - Education - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 290KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Stanford - Education Review Office - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 280KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Upston - Social Development - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 288KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Upston - Whaikaha - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 282KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon van Velden - Internal Affairs - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 290KB) | |
| Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Watts - Inland Revenue - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 288KB) | |
| Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Willis - MBIE - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 269KB) | |
| Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Willis - Social Investment - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 271KB) | |
| Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Letter to Hon Willis - Treasury - Public Service Transformation Letter (PDF 273KB) | |
| The Treasury | Aide Memoire T2026/900: Announcement of public service transformation (PDF 295KB) | |
| Offices of the Minister of Finance and Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government | Cabinet Paper CAB-26-SUB-0138: Public Service Transformation (PDF 427KB) | |
| The Treasury | Aide Memoire T2026/868: Public Service Transformation Cabinet paper (PDF 201KB) | |
| The Treasury and Public Service Commission | Aide Memoire MoSR 2026-0149: Public Service Transformation (PDF 282KB) | |
| The Treasury | Email: Advice on FTE cap for 12pm meeting with Minister Collins (PDF 563KB) | |
| The Treasury, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Public Service Commission | Joint Report MoSR 2025-0764: Public Sector Transformation: Driving Efficiency and Fiscal Sustainability (PDF 2107KB) | |
| The Treasury | Aide Memoire T2025/2232: For discussion: Public Sector Reform (PDF 315KB) | |
| The Treasury | Email: Initial advice on PSC Cabinet paper on operating model changes (PDF 251KB) |