Beehive.govt.nz is the official website of the New Zealand Government. On this website you’ll find information about:

  • Government ministers, including their latest media releases and speeches, their responsibilities, and their contact details
  • major Government initiatives and policies
  • previous Governments, including media releases and speeches from previous Government terms.

We welcome your feedback on the website. If you’d like to contact us regarding a topic on the website, content on the website, or if you have feedback about the website’s usability or a technical issue, please contact us.

How content is displayed on Beehive.govt.nz

Beehive.govt.nz has been developed with reference to the New Zealand Government Web Standards. It is optimised for the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. Because the website uses stylesheets for layout and display, some of the design might not look right if you aren't using one of the previously listed browsers or, specifically, if the browser you're using doesn't conform to W3C web standards. Click here for more on accessibility.

Where possible, content on this website is displayed using HTML—text and design elements that'll work in your browser itself. Some content is only available in PDF format. Almost all browsers can display PDFs. If the browser you're using can't display PDFs you'll need a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. There are also a wide variety of alternative PDF readers available online.