In the late 1990s and early 2000s the NCWNZ continued its work monitoring debates, researching opinions and drafting submissions to Parliament and other bodies on its core interests of health, social justice and equality. Its role as a delegate-based or umbrella organisation became of lesser importance, as many people became less committed to organised community groups and in consequence women's organisations became dormant or had less interest in formally aligning with the NCWNZ. NCWNZ adjusted its constitution to accommodate individual as well as organisational membership, and focussed its attention on aligning with government and with overseas forums such as the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, for which it produced an NGO Alternate Report. NCWNZ also leads delegations to the Commission on the Status of Women, the International Council of Women, and the latter's Asia Pacific Regional Council meetings.
