News and releases

The Ministry of Transport and MBIE are running a consultation on a draft Electric Vehicle charging strategy: Charging Our Future. The strategy sets out the Government’s long-term strategic vision for Aotearoa New Zealand’s national Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure system.

Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland have been tasked to develop a plan for a government-funded RNA Development Platform.

10 people representing perspectives from migrant communities across Aotearoa New Zealand have been announced for the newly established Migrant Community Reference Group.

Key focus areas for collaborative research between New Zealand and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were announced today.

The Government has announced it will progress to the next stage of the NZ Battery Project, looking in more detail at the viability of pumped hydro as well as an alternative, multi-technology approach.

Recipients of the 2023 New Zealand Space Scholarship and Alexander J. Willoughby Fellowship, which support internships at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), were announced in a ceremony at Parliament today.

A plan to accelerate the growth and transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s advanced manufacturing was launched in Auckland on 13 March 2023.

The renewable share of electricity generation is at its highest level on record, according to data published today by MBIE.

This International Women’s Day, Rebecca Kingi from Immigration New Zealand shares her empowering story of working with the Trafficking in Persons team.

The Better Work Action Plan (Action Plan) for Tourism was launched in Queenstown on 1 March 2023, as part of the wider Tourism Industry Transformation Plan (ITP).