Intelligence and Security Committee (New Zealand)

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is a statutory select committee of the New Zealand Parliament, currently governed under the Intelligence and Security Act (2017). It is the parliamentary oversight committee that manages New Zealand's intelligence agencies and examines issues relating to their efficacy and efficiency, budgetary matters, and policies.[1]

The ISC consists of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, two or three (currently three) further MPs nominated by the Prime Minister, and two further MP nominated by the Leader of the Opposition. The committee meets much more rarely than ordinary Select Committees, however — according to some claims in 2006, for less than an hour each year.[2][3]

Membership, 54th Parliament

The following table lists the membership of the committee during the 54th Parliament:

New Zealand House Intelligence and Security Committee
Majority: Government (4/3)
Party Member Electorate
National Christopher Luxon (Chairperson) Botany
National Judith Collins Papakura
NZ First Winston Peters List (1)
ACT Brooke van Velden Tāmaki
Labour Chris Hipkins Remutaka
Labour Priyanca Radhakrishnan List (15)
Green Teanau Tuiono List (5)

Membership, 53rd Parliament

The following table lists the membership of the committee during the 53rd Parliament:

New Zealand House Intelligence and Security Committee
Majority: Government (4/3)
Party Member Electorate
Labour Chris Hipkins (Chairperson) Remutaka
Labour Andrew Little List (7)
Labour Nanaia Mahuta Hauraki-Waikato
Green James Shaw List (2)
National Christopher Luxon Botany
National Gerry Brownlee List (2)
National Nicola Willis List (13)

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Oversight: Security and Intelligence Committee". New Zealand Intelligence Community. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ Locke, Keith (22 March 2006). "General Debate: Intelligence and Security Committee Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine". The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  3. ^ Mark Lowenthal, Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, fifth edition (Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press, 2012), p.372


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