Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Skip to site search Skip to navigation within this section

Filter and sort Filters

News type

Month

Topic

Sort by
Clear all
Clear all

Displaying all news

Sort by:

Supporting a thriving screen sector

30 May 2023

The Government is making improvements to the New Zealand Screen Production Grant.

Screen sector

Govt backs retailers with expansion of fog cannon programme

30 May 2023

The Government is continuing to support retailers with additional funding for the highly popular Fog Cannon Subsidy Scheme, Police and Small Business Minister Ginny Andersen announced yesterday.

Facebook motor vehicle seller convicted and fined

24 May 2023

Jessie Gettins was sentenced at the Auckland District Court to a $13,000 fine after being found guilty of one charge of carrying on the business of motor vehicle trading without being registered, in breach of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 (MVSA).

Consumer protection

Brave in Business e-Learning series launched for small businesses

24 May 2023

Business.govt.nz in partnership with Spark Business Lab have launched the Brave in Business e-Learning series to help the owners and operators of small firms improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Support for business Business

Manuka Honey certification mark application unsuccessful

22 May 2023

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has published its decision on the trade mark rights for Manuka Honey.

Government announces emissions reduction partnership with New Zealand Steel

22 May 2023

The Government is partnering with New Zealand Steel to deliver New Zealand’s largest emissions reduction project to date, with half of the coal being used at Glenbrook steel to be replaced with electricity to recycle scrap steel.

Energy and natural resources

Consumers know their rights, but confidence in protection regime falls

19 May 2023

New Zealand’s only national survey of consumer data shows consumers know laws exist to protect their basic consumer rights, but confidence in the broader consumer protection regime has fallen.

Government responds to Commerce Commission’s market study into residential building supplies

17 May 2023

The Government has announced today how it will work to improve competition for key building products in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Competition regulation Building and construction regulation

Terms of Reference released for review into out of hours immigration visits

16 May 2023

The head of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has announced that a review is to be held into out of hours compliance visits carried out by Immigration New Zealand (INZ).

Immigration

Government releases the Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan

15 May 2023

The Government has today released the Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP), to transform and grow Aotearoa New Zealand’s digital technologies sector.

Digital economy Employment and skills

Crown copyright © 2025

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news
Please note: This content will change over time and can go out of date.