News and releases

Latest data from CERT NZ shows that Kiwis from all over the country continue to be affected by cyber security issues. The Quarter One report released today shows that almost 1,000 New Zealanders reported cyber security issues to CERT NZ in the three months to March 2019.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today opened public consultation on an Options Paper for reforming New Zealand’s plant variety rights (PVR) law.

MBIE is seeking data science researchers who are interested in attending a 2-day workshop in Singapore in October 2019 and representing the interests of the New Zealand data science sector.

The Government has decided that New Zealand will not join the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory as an associate member.

The Video Interpreting Service, which allows people using New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) to phone others by using a NZSL interpreter, is now available at weekends.

Expressions of Interest for the new look Major Events Fund are being welcomed from 1 July 2019. The Fund has a new direction that will see it prioritise events that build national pride and celebrate New Zealand culture, as well as having a greater focus on arts and cultural events.

Deepening our bilateral relationship and creating an enduring legacy of the China-New Zealand Year of Tourism, is the backbone of an updated Tourism Cooperation Arrangement between Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Minister of Culture and Tourism China.

The Government has agreed to update legislation that applies to the more than 23,000 incorporated societies that operate in New Zealand.

A new law, passed by Parliament today, expands the ability of workers in triangular employment situations to raise personal grievance claims.

The New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA) is continuing to build its capability as a regulator of space activity with a new pilot project which allows officials to see real-time information on the orbital position of satellites launched from New Zealand.