Section 1: The Strategic Context

HMNZS OTAGO, the first Offshore Patrol Vessel, slips quietly into the water alongside Tenix, Williamtown, Australia, at her launching.

This section provides essential information at the strategic level of defence. It shows, in particular, how the NZDF contributes to Defence Outcomes and how those outcomes are linked via Strategic Goals, Strategic Objectives and Strategic Initiatives, within three key Strategic Themes, to the day-to-day delivery of military capabilities resident in the NZDF Outputs. The diagram on the next page is a diagrammatic representation of the linkages involved and as covered in this Statement of Intent.

• Overview of Linkages (diagram)  
• The Strategic Environment
• The Defence Act 1990
• Government Priorities / Themes
• New Zealand’s Defence Policy
• Defence Outcomes
• Primary Mission of the NZDF
• NZDF Vision
• Defence Intermediate Outcomes
• NZDF Strategic Plan
• NZDF Strategic Objectives
• Strategic Initiatives
• Measurement of the NZDF’s Performance
• Cost Effectiveness of Interventions
• Linking Outcomes to Outputs
• Intermediate Outcomes - Intervention Logic Link Diagrams
• Capability:  Shaping and Rebuilding the NZDF
• Defence Sustainability Initiative (DSI)
• Army Configuration Review (ACR) / Army Transformation  Programme (ATP)
• Inter-Department/Agency Collaboration
• Risk Management in the NZDF

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