GDS Index Publications
2023 GDS Index
Government Department Strategies Index Handbook – He Puna Rautaki as at 31 December 2023
December 2024
Download Handbook (PDF, 22 MB)
The 2023 GDS Index aims to illustrate how New Zealand might strengthen GDSs to make them more effective, responsive, measurable, comparable and durable through public consultation, engagement and ownership.
GDS Index research contributes to the McGuinness Institute’s Project StrategyNZ.
Working Paper 2024/09 – Analysis of Climate Change in Government Department Strategies as at 31 December 2023
Part of the GDS Index series.
Analysis of Climate Change provides indepth discussion of mentions of climate change in GDSs.
December 2024
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Working Paper 2024/08 – Methodology for the 2023 Government Department Strategies Index
Part of the GDS Index series.
The Methodology explains why the Institute produces and publishes a GDS Index and how, in detail, the 2023 GDS Index was created.
December 2024
Download PDF (22 MB) Final Draft
2021 GDS Index
Government Department Strategies Index Handbook – He Puna Rautaki
June 2022
Download Handbook (PDF, 20 MB)
The GDS Index aims to illustrate how New Zealand might strengthen GDSs to make them more effective, responsive, measurable, comparable and durable through public consultation, engagement and ownership.
GDS Index research contributes to the McGuinness Institute’s Project StrategyNZ.
Working Paper 2022/08 – Analysis of Poverty in Government Department Strategies as at 31 December 2021
Part of the GDS Index series.
November 2022
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Working Paper 2022/05 – Best Practice: Guidance for Policy Analysts Preparing Government Department Strategy Documents
Part of the GDS Index series.
July 2022
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Working Paper 2022/02 – Complete Lists of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 31 December 2021
Part of the GDS Index series.
July 2022
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Working Paper 2022/07 – Analysis of Climate Change in Government Department Strategies as at 31 December 2021
Part of the GDS Index series.
November 2022
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Working Paper 2022/04 – Analysis of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 31 December 2021
Part of the GDS Index series.
December 2022
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Working Paper 2022/01 – Methodology for the 2021 Government Department Strategies Index
Part of the GDS Index series.
August 2022
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Working Paper 2022/06 – Strategy Maps: Copies of All Strategy Maps Found in Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 31 December 2021
Part of the GDS Index series.
June 2022
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Working Paper 2022/03 – Scoring Tables Collating and Ranking Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 31 December 2021
Part of the GDS Index series.
July 2022
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2018 GDS Index
Government Department Strategies indexes & handbook
May 2019 – December 2020
Download handbook (PDF, 11.3 MB)
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Learn more about the GDS Index.
On 2 May 2019 the Institute launched the 2018 GDS Index. For the first time the Institute also published the Government Department Strategies Handbook – He Puna Rautaki. GDS Index research contributes to the McGuinness Institute’s Project StrategyNZ.
The GDS Index aims to illustrate how New Zealand might strengthen GDSs to make them more effective, responsive, measurable, comparable and durable through public consultation, engagement and ownership.
Working Paper 2021/02 – List of Government Department Strategies as at 31 December 2020
Part of the GDS Index series.
April 2021
Download (PDF, 15.9 MB)
Download (draft Excel of additions and deletions between 1 Jan 2019 and 31 Dec 2020, as at 1 Apr 2021)
Background to Project ClimateChangeNZ
2015 GDS Index
2015/11 – Observations from the GDS Index 2015
Part of the GDS Index series.
October 2015
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2015/07 – List of government department strategies between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2015
Part of the GDS Index series.
October 2015
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2015/10 – Analysis of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2015 – An overview
Part of the GDS Index series.
November 2015
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2015/06 – Profiles Scoring Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2014
Part of the GDS Index series.
February 2015
Download (PDF, 3.3 MB)
2015/09 – Profiles Scoring Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2015
Part of the GDS Index series.
November 2015
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2015/05 – Tables Collating and Ranking Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2014
Part of the GDS Index series.
February 2015
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2015/08 – Tables Collating and Ranking Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2015
Part of the GDS Index series.
November 2015
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2015/04 – Methodology for the Government Department Strategies Index New Zealand
Part of the GDS Index series.
February 2015
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