Glossary of Abbreviations
Managing Threats to Domestic Security.
| AvSec | Aviation Security Service (a separate function of the Civil Aviation Authority) |
| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
| CIMS | Co-ordinated Incident Management System |
| CLAG | Combined Law Agencies Group |
| Customs | New Zealand Customs Service |
| CSI | Container Security Initiative |
| CTG | Counter Terrorist Group of the New Zealand Defence Force |
| DES | Cabinet Committee on Domestic and External Security Co-ordination |
| DESS | Domestic and External Security Secretariat |
| DESC | Domestic and External Security Co-ordination |
| DPMC | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| EAB | External Assessments Bureau |
| FIRC | Foreign Intelligence Requirements Committee |
| GCSB | Government Communications Security Bureau |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| Immigration Service | New Zealand Immigration Service (a division of the Service Department of Labour) |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| JIG | Joint Intelligence Group |
| MAF | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| MCDEM | Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management |
| MFAT | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| MoH | Ministry of Health |
| MoT | Ministry of Transport |
| MSA | Maritime Safety Authority |
| NAC | National Assessments Committee |
| NMCC | National Maritime Co-ordination Centre |
| NZDF | New Zealand Defence Force |
| NZSIS | New Zealand Security Intelligence Service |
| ODESC | Officials Committee for Domestic and External Security Co-ordination |
| STG | Special Tactics Group of the Police |
| WCO | World Customs Organisation |