The following Cabinet paper, briefings and minutes of decision outline key decisions to release the public consultation document on the approach and content for the census, following Cabinet's endorsement of the Government Statistician's in-principle decision on the future of census in May 2025.
The following papers have been approved for proactive release by the Minister of Statistics, Hon Dr Shane Reti:
- MM2975 Draft 2030 Census public consultation document and Cabinet paper, 17 September 2025
- MM3054 Proposed data collection approach and content for the census SOU Committee consideration, 10 October 2025
- Cabinet paper - Census data collection approach and Content - Release of consultation document - Proposed data collection approach and content for the Census
- Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee, Minutes of Decision (SOU-25-MIN-0140), 15 October 2025
- Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 17 October 2025 (CAB-25-MIN-0361), 20 October 2025.
Please note that some content has been withheld under section 9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act 1982. Content out of scope has also been redacted.
You can provide feedback on the approach and content until 5pm on Friday 19 December - see Public consultation: Proposed data collection approach and content for the census and complete the online questionnaire.
