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This series consists of files from the second sequence of the main recordkeeping system of the New Zealand Planning Council, which replaced the first sequence (multiple number subject system of classification) in early 1987. Files in this second sequence were classified using a running number system, with some subjects and sub-series being divided by multiple number. Some files were arranged by a prefix without a number.

The aim of this series was to produce a simple and workable means of storing and gaining access to written material, and was designed for five principal categories of files (which were identified with a coloured tab):

• Administration (white tab);

• Government (brown tab);

• Other organisations (peach tab);

• Projects (yellow tab, with additional coloured spots to indicate sub-categories);

• Monitoring Groups and Programmes (blue tab).

The files are classified as follows:

Administration -

Finance (FIN):

• FIN 1 - Budget and financial statements

• FIN 2 - Investments

• FIN 3 - Delegation of authority

• FIN 4 - Audit

• FIN 5 - Accommodation (United Building Society)

• FIN 6 - Inland Revenue

• FIN 7 - National Provident Fund, PSIS, PSA, PSWS, Government Superannuation

• FIN 8 - Furniture, office equipment, stationery

• FIN 9 - Publications and printing, general

• FIN 10 - Computers (equipment, contracts, service agreements, SATIS, INFOS)

• FIN 11 - Telephone

• FIN 12 - Library

• FIN 13 - General

Council (CNL):

• CNL 1 - Minutes and agendas

• CNL 2 - Annual Report

• CNL 3 - Amendment Bill and review

• CNL 4 - Visits

• CNL 5 - Request for contributions/collaboration

• CNL 6 - Appointment and biographies of Chairperson and members

• CNL 7 - General

• CNL 8 - Invites to conference and meetings

• CNL 9 - Speeches

• CNL 10 - Possible new members

• CNL 11 - Chairperson’s correspondence with members and Ministers

Secretariat (SEC):

• SEC 1 - General correspondence

• SEC 2 - Staff meetings

• SEC 3 - Staff training

• SEC 4 - Consultancies

• SEC 5 - Leave returns

• SEC 6 - Appointment of Director and staff

Government -

General (GEN):

• GEN 1 - Role and structure of Government

• GEN 2 - Opposition parties

• GEN 3 - Parliamentary Select Committee on Education and Science

• GEN 4 - Parliamentary Research Units

• GEN 5 - National Research Advisory Council/Science and Technology Working Party

• GEN 6 - Local Government Commission

• GEN 7 - Information Authority

• GEN 8 - Higher Salaries Commission

• GEN 9 - Royal Commission on Social Policy

Departments (DEP):

• DEP 1 - Department of Conservation

• DEP 2 - State Services Commission

• DEP 3 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• DEP 4 - Department of Statistics

• DEP 5 - Ministry of Lands (sic)

• DEP 6 - Ministry of Energy

• DEP 7 - Treasury

• DEP 8 - Ministry of Education

• DEP 9 - Department of Trade and Industry

• DEP 10 - Department of Health

• DEP 11 - New Zealand Forest Service

• DEP 12 - Ministry of Works and Development

• DEP 13 - Department of Justice

• DEP 14 - Department of Maori Affairs

• DEP 15 - Ministry of Women’s Affairs

• DEP 16 - Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

• DEP 17 - Housing Corporation

State-Owned Enterprises (SOE):

• SOE 1 - Coal Corporation

• SOE 2 - New Zealand Forestry Corporation

• SOE 3 - Housing Corporation

• SOE 4 - Electricorp

• SOE 5 - Landcorp

Other organisations -

National (NAT):

• NAT 1 - Northern Regional Arts Council

• NAT 2 - New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)

• NAT 3 - Social Science Research Fund Committee (SSRFC)

• NAT 4 - New Zealand Lotteries Commission

• NAT 5 - National Commission for UNESCO

• NAT 6 - New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER)

• NAT 7 - Social Advisory Council

• NAT 8 - Economic Development Commission

• NAT 9 - New Zealand Planning Institute

• NAT 10 - New Zealand Energy Research and Development Committee (NZERDC)

• NAT 11 - Auckland City Council and Auckland Regional Authority

• NAT 12 - Universities

• NAT 13 - National Council for Adult Education (NCAE)

• NAT 14 - Law Commission

• NAT 15 - Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council (ALAC)

• NAT 16 - Institute of Policy Studies

• NAT 17 - New Zealand Institute of Public Administration

• NAT 18 - Environmental organisations

• NAT 19 - New Zealand Futures Trust

• NAT 20 - General voluntary social services organisations

• NAT 21 - Federated Farmers

International (INTER):

• INTER 1 - Australia/CER (Closer Economic Relations)

• INTER 2 - OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

• INTER 3 - Sweden

• INTER 4 - Japan/New Zealand Business Council

• INTER 5 - New Guinea

• INTER 6 - WRR (Netherlands Planning)

• INTER 7 - Pacific Economic Co-operation

• INTER 8 - International Monetary Fund

Monitoring Groups and Programmes -

National Sectoral Group Programme (NSP):

• NSP 1 - General

• NSP 2 - Agriculture

• NSP 3 - Fishing and hunting

• NSP 4 - Forestry and logging

• NSP 5 - Mining and quarrying

• NSP 6 - Manufacturing sectors

• NSP 6/1 - Food beverages, and tobacco

• NSP 6/2 - Textiles, apparel and leather

• NSP 6/3 - Wood and wood products

• NSP 6/4 - Paper, printing and publishing

• NSP 6/5 - Chemicals, plastics and rubber

• NSP 6/6 - Non-metallic mineral products

• NSP 6/7 - Basic metals

• NSP 6/8 - Fabricated metals

• NSP 6/9 - Other manufacturing

• NSP 7 - Water

• NSP 8 - Construction

• NSP 9 - Trade, restaurants and hotels

• NSP 10 - Transport and storage

• NSP 11 - Communications

• NSP 12 - Insurance and finance

• NSP 13 - Ownership of dwellings and private services

• NSP 14 - Government services

• NSP 15 - Energy sectors

• NSP 16 - Tourism

• NSP 17 - Exports

• NSP 18 - Technical change

• NSP 19 - Major projects

• NSP 20 - World Bank

• NSP 21 - Depreciation

• NSP 22 - Markets and planning mechanisms

• NSP 23 - SDMACRO

EMG - Economic Monitoring Group

SMG - Social Monitoring Group

PMG - Population Monitoring Group

IDG - Income Distribution

IDG CONF - Income Distribution Conference

ENV - Environmental Monitoring Group

MAO - Maori Programme/Round Table

PUB ED - Public Education

REG PLAN - Regional Planning

Projects -

AG STRAT - Agricultural Strategy

EMP - Employment

• EMP 1 - Request for research

• EMP 2 - Proposal to Council

• EMP 3 - Budget

• EMP 4 - Staff

• EMP 5 - Drafts

• EMP 6 - Research

• EMP 7 - Meetings

• EMP 8 - Inwards correspondence

• EMP 9 - Outwards correspondence

• EMP 10 - Affiliations

• EMP 11 - Printing

• EMP 12 - Final Publications

PTW - Part-time work

Y-ED/EMP - Youth education and employment

ISYP - Income support for young people

COMM/SER - Community service

MAO LAND - Maori land

NI - Nuclear impacts

TIC - Trade Information Centre.

This series ceased to be used when the New Zealand Planning Council was dissolved in 1991.

This series contains copies of general publications publicly released by the New Zealand Planning Council for wider consideration and public debate. Copies were either provided free or were available for sale to the public for a nominal fee.

Under the New Zealand Planning Acts of 1977 and 1982, the New Zealand Planning Council was authorised to publish information on planning topics for wider dissemination and consideration and public debate. The publications were the result of the work that was being carried out by the Council.

Initially, the Council had two main publications series in which it published its own reports and those commissioned from others - the NZPC series and Planning Papers. Originally all reports were published in the NZPC series. From NZPC No.14, the series was reserved for the reports of wide general interest (both Council and commissioned reports) which were marketed by the Government Bookshop. The Planning Papers series was created to be used for free issues and technical papers of more limited specialist interest.

An EMG series was used to publish reports of the Economic Monitoring Group, which operated independently of the Council. Its task was to report from time to time on short-term economic trends.

It appears that the NZPC series and Planning Papers ended around February/March 1987, with reports published after this date being general un-numbered publications.

This series consists of files from the first sequence of the main recordkeeping system of the New Zealand Planning Council, which began in 1977. Files in this first sequence were classified using the multiple number subject system.

The filing system was designed around the requirements of the Council under the New Zealand Planning Act, which was to monitor social, economic, and cultural development, and was broken into corresponding subject areas:

• ECON - Economic - These files include data on the Economic Monitoring Group, inflation accounting, investment and finance, taxation, industrial relations, as well as general information on agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, the meat industry, marketing, and productivity.

• POP/EM - Population and Employment - These files cover employment issues such as flexible employment, worker co-operatives, effects on unemployment on different groups categorised by sex, age, race, regional skills, etc., as well as population questions such as migration, minority ethnic groups, multi-culturalism and race relations, women’s affairs, manpower planning issues, rural population and development, and internal migration. Data on the Population Monitoring Group is in this category.

• SOC - Social Issues - These files cover data on the Social Monitoring Group, health, education, housing, welfare, questions relating to justice, welfare of children, needs of elderly, social planning, and social issues.

• REG - Regional Development - These files cover issues relating to regional planning and development.

• CNL - Council - These files include general information on Council members, Council meetings, and the work programme, including publications, press statements and publicity, the annual report to Parliament. Public policy, general planning issues, and the public service are also covered in this series.

• SEC - Secretariat - These files contain general housekeeping information, including staff appointments. Reference material on issues relating to energy, environment, transport, communications, tourism, land use, minerals, and water is also in this series.

• FIN - Finance - These files deal with accounts, including the annual budget.

Within each subject area, files were broken into four sections:

• 1/- Housekeeping – meeting arrangements, sub-committees, etc.

• 2/- Topics – specific subjects related to the series.

• 3/- Related Institutions – other organisations in the same area, e.g. in the SOC series the New Zealand Red Cross

• 4/- Publications – Publications put out by the Council.

In 1987 this series was superseded by a second sequence of the central filing system that used a running number system of classification.