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NZ Battery Project moves to next phase

16 March 2023

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.

Energy Energy and natural resources

New Zealand Space Scholarship recipients announced

15 March 2023

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.

Space Agency

New plan to transform Aotearoa New Zealand’s advanced manufacturing sector

13 March 2023

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

New record renewable share of electricity generation in New Zealand

09 March 2023

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

Energy and natural resources

Devoted to combating human trafficking

08 March 2023

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

Immigration

Better Work Action Plan for tourism launched

07 March 2023

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).

Tourism projects

Nationwide workshops about NZ’s journey to low emissions

01 March 2023

Aotearoa New Zealand is on a journey to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and this will bring changes to how we all live, work and get around.

Economic Development Employment and skills

Cyclone Gabrielle: Temporary accommodation available for all affected regions

27 February 2023

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Temporary Accommodation Service (TAS) is now active in all regions severely affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Temporary accommodation

Government introduces lending law exemption to help with North Island flooding

22 February 2023

The government has made a temporary exemption to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) for temporary lending to consumers affected by the recent extreme weather in the North Island.

Consumer protection

MBIE seeks feedback to strengthen building occupational regulation regimes

21 February 2023

MBIE is commencing a public consultation seeking feedback on the Licensed Building Practitioner; Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers; Electrical Workers and Registered Architects occupational regulation regimes.

Building and construction regulation Building

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