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February 2021 titles of advice to the Minister of Finance

The Treasury releases the titles of advice to the Minister of Finance for each calendar month approximately six weeks after the last day of each month.

Advice is in the form of Treasury reports, joint reports with other departments or the Reserve Bank, Cabinet briefings and aides memoire.

If advice has subsequently been released in some form, a link to the page where it is available will be provided.

List of February 2021 titles of advice to the Minister of Finance
Document date Title Portfolios Document available
2 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2020/904: Guidance on COVID-19 Fund Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2019/3597: Phasing of Additional Capital Investment Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/90: Fourth and near-final draft of the Budget Policy Statement Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/1281: Request for appropriation approvals under the Public Finance Act 1989 Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Inland Revenue and Ministry of Social Development T2021/97: Confirmation of decisions for the Budget 2021 proposal to increase main benefit rates Prime Minister; Finance; Social Development and Employment; Revenue No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/115: Overseas Investment Amendment Bill: Updates to Departmental Report and Cabinet Paper Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Inland Revenue T2021/132: Draft Cabinet paper – Taxation (Pandemic Resurgence Support Payments and Other Matters) Bill: Approval for introduction Finance; Revenue No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/124: 2019/20 Annual Review: Responses to Standard Questions Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/136: Advanced Vaccine Purchasing: COVAX - Exercising Pfizer Purchase Option Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/95: Project 14: Confirming Objectives and Next Steps Finance; Energy and Resources; Environment No
2 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/189: Weekly Status Report for the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission - 3 February 2021 Finance; Earthquake Commission No
2 Feb 2021 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Memo 5779: Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Designated Settlement System – NZCDC) Order 2021 Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Aide Memoire 5782: Monetary Policy Workshop Slides Finance No
2 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Briefing Note BN2021/046: Speaking notes for CBC paper Taxation (COVID-19 Resurgence Support Payments and Other Matters) Bill: Approval for Introduction Revenue No
4 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/207: Weekly Economic Update 5 February 2021 Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/206: Speaking points for LGNZ Metro Sector meeting on 12 February 2021 Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/105: Brief for Meeting with the Climate Change Commission Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/213: Controller Update on the Government's COVID-19 Expenditure Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/79: Proposal to utilise GCR savings to fund Project Tāwhaki land acquisition Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3720: IRG Shovel Ready Programme - Cost Contingency and Process for Considering Possible Alternative Projects Finance; Infrastructure No
4 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/144: Productivity Commission: Funding and Work Programme Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/113: Upcoming Issues Briefing for the Minister - 28 January 2021 Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Report 5767: Reserve Bank Financial System Roundup February 2021 Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Report 5781: RBNZ Data Breach – update and assessment Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Memo 5783: Decision on Reinstating LVR Restrictions Finance No
4 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/190: New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga: Letter of Expectations 2021/22 Infrastructure No
4 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/042: Tax policy report: Remedial items for inclusion in a Supplementary Order Paper to the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020-21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Bill Revenue No
5 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/155: Housing objectives for the Reserve Bank Finance No
5 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/208: Involvement of the Data Iwi Leaders Group in Budget 2021 Finance No
5 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury, Inland Revenue and Ministry of Housing and Urban Development T2021/103: Tax measures to moderate house price growth Finance No
5 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/199: Interest-only Mortgages Finance No
5 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/66: Backing first home buyers and encouraging property investment into new housing supply Finance No
9 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/9: Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd: Commencement of 2021 Appointment Round Finance; Earthquake Commission No
9 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/180: Introductory call with United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Finance No
9 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/052: Formulation of the Government's revenue strategy Revenue No
9 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/022: Overseas donee status: New additions and removals for the next available taxation bill Revenue No
10 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/241: Housing policy and the Reserve Bank: Draft Cabinet paper Finance No
10 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/229: Minister's Meeting with the Chair of New Zealand Post (11 February 2021) Finance No
10 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/234: Slidepack for Budget Ministers 1 Finance No
10 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/194: Meeting with the Minister of Transport on 15 February 2021 Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
10 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/242: Finance Portfolio Meeting (11 February) - Managing public sector wage pressures Finance No
10 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/243: Weekly Status Report for the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission - 10 February 2021 Finance; Earthquake Commission No
10 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/160: Landcorp Farming Limited - Meeting with the Chair and Chief Executive Finance; Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
10 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/198: Update on the On-sold over-cap Policy for the quarter ending December 2020 Finance; Earthquake Commission No
10 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/65: Firm Support State of Play Report (as at 2 February 2021) Finance No
10 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/176: Commercial Performance State of Play as at 10 February 2021 Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
11 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/269: Three Waters Reform Programme - Ministers' meeting 15 February 2021 Finance No
11 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Transport T2021/125: CROWN RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S PRELIMINARY AUDIT RESULTS ON THE GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY RAIL LINK PROJECT Finance; Transport No
11 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/231: Meeting with Southern Response - 17 February 2021 Finance; Earthquake Commission No
11 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/265: Briefing for Cabinet Economic Development Committee on 17 February 2021 Finance No
12 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/230: Minister's Meeting with the Chair of the Accident Compensation Corporation (16 February 2021) Finance No
12 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry for the Environment T2021/205: RM Reform 10 - Papers for Ministerial Oversight Group Meeting #2 on 15 February 2021 Finance; Environment No
12 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/270: Briefing for Social Wellbeing Committee, Wednesday 17 February 2021 Finance No
12 Feb 2021 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Aide Memoire 5785: Financial Market Infrastructures Bill - Second Reading Legislation Statement Finance No
15 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/195: Earthquake Commission: Board Matrix Finance; Earthquake Commission No
15 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/287: Landcorp Farming Limited - Meeting with the Independent Reviewer Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
15 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/185: The Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the six months ended 31 December 2020 Finance No
15 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/067: Final decisions on the length of the COVID-19 Resurgence Support Payment revenue decline period Revenue No
16 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/288: Meridian Energy: no surprises update Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
16 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Stats NZ T2021/259: Publishing the Regional Activity Indices Finance; Statistics No
16 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/310: Decisions on COVID-19 Alert Levels Finance No
16 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/317: Briefing for Cabinet Maori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti Committee Tuesday 23 February 2021 Finance No
17 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/64: New Zealand Export Credit Half Yearly Report to 31 Dec 2020 Finance; Trade and Export Growth; Economic and Regional Development No
17 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/295: Replacement remit for the Monetary Policy Committee Finance No
17 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/264: Report on delivery of COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund (CRRF) initiatives Finance No
17 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/278: KiwiRail - sale of railway land Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
17 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/321: Weekly Status Report for the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission - 17 February 2021 Finance; Earthquake Commission No
17 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/333: Briefing for Cabinet Economic Development Committee for Wednesday 24 Feburary Finance No
17 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/070: Purchase price allocation: application date deferral Revenue No
18 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/341: Weekly Economic Update 19 February 2021 Finance No
18 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/312: Meeting with Mayor of Auckland on 19 February 2021 Finance No
18 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/283: SOE Portfolio: Decisions Required for Five Boards Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
18 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/280: Project 14: Update on Negotiations Finance; Energy and Resources; Environment No
18 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Reserve Bank of New Zealand T2021/255: RBNZ Bill governance amendments Finance No
18 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/78: Third 90-day review of the overseas investment emergency notification regime Finance; Foreign Affairs No
18 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/306: February 2021 Monetary Policy Statement Finance No
19 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/366: Joint Te Kawa Mataaho/The Treasury Aide Memoire – MOGSSER Meeting of 17 February 2021 Finance; Public Service No
19 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/305: Budget 2021 - approach to draft packages Finance No
19 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/319: Government policy direction to the Reserve Bank Finance No
19 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/340: Briefing for Social Wellbeing Committee Wednesday, 24 February 2021 Finance No
19 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/320: Housing Affordability: Treasury Comment on DRAFT Supply Side Cabinet Paper Finance No
22 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/356: Project 20: update Finance No
22 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3315: OVERSEAS INVESTMENT ACT FORESTRY REVIEW: DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE Finance No
22 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/335: Briefing for Cabinet Environment, Energy and Climate Thursday 25 February 2021 Finance No
22 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/339: Activating the COVID-19 Resurgence Support Payment Scheme February 2021 Scheme Finance; Revenue; Small Business No
22 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/350: The Office of the Auditor-General’s current and upcoming work programme and the Finance portfolio Finance No
22 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3607: SOE Portfolio: Short-listing for 2021 Appointment Round Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
23 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/415: Ministers meeting with the Financial Services Council Finance; Commerce and Consumer Affairs No
23 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/193: Upcoming Issues Briefing for the Minister - 04 February 2021 Finance No
23 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/239: Upcoming Issues Briefing for the Minister - 11 February 2021 Finance No
23 Feb 2021 Cabinet Committee Briefing T2021/399: Briefing for Cabinet - 01 March 2021 Finance No
23 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/066: Tax monitoring report: January 2021 Revenue No
23 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/069: Overseas donee status: New additions and removals for the next available taxation bill Revenue No
24 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/397: Kiwibank: Half Year Profit Result Finance; State Owned Enterprises No
24 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/398: Elevate NZ Venture Fund - Guardians of NZ Superannuation Conviction Review Finance; Economic and Regional Development No
24 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/227: Minister's Meeting with the Chair of the New Zealand Super Fund (25 February 2021) Finance No
24 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/251: Crown Financial Institution Responsible Investment Framework Finance No
24 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3665: Overseas Investment: Amendments to the Regulations Finance No
24 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/405: Briefing for speech to the Auckland Business Chamber Finance No
24 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment T2021/308: Future of Work Tripartite Forum Governance Group 24 February 2021 Finance; Education; Economic and Regional Development No
24 Feb 2021 Inland Revenue Report IR2021/081: Purchase price allocation: correction to fiscal consequences of application date deferral Revenue No
25 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/432: Air NZ half-year results announcement Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/357: Kiwibank: Minister meeting with CEO Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/388: Technical update to the MPC Charter Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3591: Material for joint Ministerial meeting on Welfare Reform ahead of Budget 2021 Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Inland Revenue and Ministry of Social Development T2020/3615: Welfare Overhaul: Review of Working for Families tax credits – options for change Child Poverty Reduction; Finance; Social Development and Employment; Revenue No
25 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/429: Weekly Economic Update 26 February 2021 Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3596: Cover Advice on the Review of the COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/261: Lessons Learned from the Transmission Gully Review Finance; Infrastructure; Transport No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/352: Vote Finance: Certification of Contingent Assets and Liabilities 31 December 2020 Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/385: Meeting with Government Superannuitants Association Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/417: Weekly Status Report for the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission - 24 February 2021 Finance; Earthquake Commission No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/126: Weekly Status Report for the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission Finance; Earthquake Commission No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3814: Modernising the Earthquake Commission Act: Technical issues Finance; Earthquake Commission No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/311: Shovel-Ready Project Funding Payment to Ōtākaro Limited Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/381: Letter about Budget 21 OT partnering with Maori initiative Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury, Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment T2021/109: Short Term Absence Payment Implementation Report Finance; Social Development and Employment; Workplace Relations and Safety No
25 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/45: Housing: Next Steps Finance No
25 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/254: Proactive Release of DEV Cabinet Papers - Updates on Progress of CPC Initiatives Finance No
26 Feb 2021 Joint Report by the Treasury and Reserve Bank of New Zealand T2021/313: Draft Cabinet Recommendations on the Deposit Takers Act Finance No
26 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/226: Vote Finance: March Baseline Update 2021 Finance No
26 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/327: BEFU 2021 Preliminary Economic and Tax Forecasts Finance No
26 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2020/3749: Implementation of the national security and public order call-in power Finance No
26 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/416: Further advice on supply-side interventions in the housing market Finance No
26 Feb 2021 Treasury Report T2021/291: Briefing on ACC's Second Quarter Report Finance; ACC No
26 Feb 2021 Aide Memoire T2021/446: Te Waihanga Meeting with the Minister for Infrastructure - 1 March 2021 Infrastructure No