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Statement of Performance Expectations

The Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) describes our intended financial and non-financial performance during the financial year (1 July - 30 June). Publishing a Statement of Performance Expectations is a requirement of all Crown entities under the Crown Entities Act 2004.

Statement of Performance Expectations 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027

Read the current Statement of Performance Expectations (opens to PDF, 2.1MB) or download a Word document version (docx, 2.1MB). 

Safeguarding personal information benefits all of New Zealand. For our people, protecting privacy reduces the privacy harms that may result, whether they are financial, reputational or emotional. For our companies and government agencies, soundly managing personal information enables the flow of goods and services through building the trust of customers and clients. For our society, privacy is a foundation underpinning the trust in the institutions of our democracy.

For 2026/27 we have set ourselves four objectives:

  1. We advocate for and empower people and communities who are more likely to be vulnerable to serious privacy harm.
  2. We provide direction and guidance to agencies that makes our expectations clear.
  3. We use our investigation and compliance powers to hold agencies to account for serious privacy harm.
  4. We take account of te ao Māori perspectives on privacy.

Read previous Statements of Performance Expectations below: 

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