Science, Innovation and Technology

The Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.

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The following lists are as accurate as possible at the time of publishing and may be updated or added to. This list includes papers received from the Minister’s reporting agency where the Minister is the main recipient. Papers received from other agencies, or where a paper has been referred to the Minister by another Minister, are not included in this list.

Titles of briefings that accompany responses to Official Information Act requests to the Minister are not included in this list.

Some information has been withheld for the following reasons:

National security or defence
Commercial information
Confidentiality
Likely otherwise to damage the public interest
Confidential advice to Government
Free and frank expression of opinion
Legal professional privilege
Negotiations

June 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0032711	A strategic approach to international science engagement	3 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033535	Publication of the Refined Priorities Report	4 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033388	Raising Business Case Assessment Threshold	4 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033603	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 05 June 2026	4 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033542	New Zealand Institute of Public Health and Forensic Science Reappointment Documentation	4 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032662	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	4 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032174	Finalising the Intellectual Property Management Policy	9 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031945	Proactive Release of the Briefing to Incoming Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology	9 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032717	2025 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes Awards Ceremony, 30 June 2026	10 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034240	Visit to PikPok	11 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034391	New Zealand Space Scholarship Announcement Ceremony	11 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033573	Transition Research Fund detailed design settings	11 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033604	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 12 June 2026	11 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034349	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	12 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034509	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	12 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033924	Meeting with Independent Research Association of New Zealand	12 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034630	Call with Callaghan Innovation Board Chair 16 June 2026	15 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031624	SIT Portfolio Budget: End of Financial Year Decisions - 2025/26	15 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034545	Meeting with WNT Ventures	16 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027943	Health Research Council 2026/27 Research Investment Plan	18 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034704	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	18 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026819	Going for Growth ITS Ministers – 22 June 2026	18 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033863	Update separate decision-making process Gazette Notice	18 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034755	Draft meeting pack for the Prime Minister's Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Council Papers on 1 July Meeting	18 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034593	Meeting with Matt Bolger, Fonterra's Managing Director Co-operative Affairs	19 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033534	Visit to Malaghan Institute	19 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032177	Transfer of Callaghan Innovation Assets to PROs	23 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032856	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	23 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034912	Launching the university commercialisation package	24 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032282	Prime Ministers Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Council July 1, 2026 Meeting Pack	24 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034594	Meeting with NZ Association of Scientists	25 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034393	Minister Simmonds Meeting with PCE	25 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033606	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 26 June 2026	25 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0035048	Meeting with Oracle	26 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0034772	New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology – exemption for Annual Report 2025/26 and extension for draft Statement of Intent 2026/27 to 2029/30	30 June	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0035242	Proactive release of briefings related to the commercialisation support package	30 June	MBIE

May 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0027170	Attendance at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2026	1 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031877	Prime Ministers Science Innovation and Technology Advisory Councils Refined Priorities Report	1 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032325	Transition Fund Design - moving towards the new system	6 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026817	Going for Growth ITS Ministers – 11 May 2026	6 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026297	He Ara Whakahihiko Capability Fund 2027 Investment Plan and Gazette Notice	6 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032335	Meeting with Dr William Rolleston on 12 May	7 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032217	Meeting with Sir Peter Gluckman	7 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032451	Opening the Sustainable Solutions Symposium on 14 May 2026	7 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031801	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 08 May 2026	7 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032674	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	7 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032477	RDTI draft Regulatory Impact Statements for Budget options	7 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032426	Meeting with Technology New Zealand Chief Executive, Graeme Muller	8 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032205	New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology - Statement of Performance Expectations for 2025/26, 2026/27, and Quarterly Report	8 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032770	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	11 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032732	New Zealand Institute of Public Health and Forensic Science Letters of Extension	12 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032663	Meeting with the NZ Forest Owners Association	12 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032672	Ministerial visit to Bioeconomy Science Institute in Rotorua on 14 May 2026	13 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032743	Meeting with Allan Blood, Victorian Hydrogen	13 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028442	REANNZ draft Statement of Performance Expectations 2026/27 and Statement of Intent 2026/27 to 2029/30	13 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032170	University commercialisation support package	13 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031013	Speech to launch Techweek26	13 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032849	Meeting with Research Funding New Zealand (RFNZ) Chair Dr Emma Blott	13 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032890	Visit to Outset Ventures	14 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031802	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 15 May 2026	14 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032974	Update on current GeoNet funding and future options	15 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032488	Techweek event: Te Ao Tūroa Digital Futures, Māori Foundations	15 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032989	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	18 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032924	Attendance at the Auckland Council Techweek Luncheon	19 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032951	Meeting with Executive Director of Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre	19 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032272	Prime Ministers Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Councils May 22, 2026 Meeting Pack	20 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032901	Estimates Examination 2026/27 – Draft responses to the Vote Business, Science and Innovation Standard Estimates Questionnaire – Science, Innovation and Technology portfolio	20 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033267	The New Zealand Product Accelerator	20 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033268	Ministerial attendance at Function with PRO CEs at Bolton Hotel Wellington	20 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032913	Science New Zealand Awards 2026	20 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033090	SIP and EG Focus Sectors (Alignment between science funding priorities and economic growth focus sectors)	20 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032922	EVENT: Meeting with Anori	21 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033168	Implications of legislative delay for Callaghan Innovation transfers	21 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033293	Meeting with Federated Farmers on 27 May	21 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031806	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 22 May 2026	21 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033214	Meeting with KiwiNet‘s Chair and CEO	21 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033209	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	22 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031005	Public Research Organisations’ Draft Statements of Corporate Intent for Financial Year 2026-27	25 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033397	Australia’s 2026–27 Budget: Science, Research and Innovation Summary	25 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032742	Joint meeting with Public Research Organisation Chairs and Chief Executives	25 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033277	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	26 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033449	Meeting with DairyNZ	26 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032934	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	27 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033061	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	27 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033599	Meeting with Research Funding New Zealand (RFNZ) Board Members, 29 May 2026	27 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033132	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	28 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033362	Estimates Examination 2026/27: Draft responses to the Pre-Hearing Written Questions, Vote Business, Science and Innovation – Science, Innovation and Technology portfolio	28 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031807	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 29 May 2026	28 May	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0033650	Visit to BioOra Health and Technology Centre	29 May	MBIE

April 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0029720	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 03 April 2026	1 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027787	PRO Six Month Performance and Horizon Scan	1 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029948	Proactive Release of Letters of Expectations	1 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030411	Summary of the Review of the COVID 19 R&D Loan Scheme	2 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030083	Attendance at Auckland Technology and Innovation Alliance Breakfast	9 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030811	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	9 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030624	Introduction to the Prime Minister's Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Council	10 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026535	Prime Minister’s Science Prizes – update settings	15 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029723	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 17 April 2026	16 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028974	2025/26 Supplementary and 2026/27 Mains Estimates briefing - Vote BSI - Science Innovation and Technology	16 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030354	Launch of joint French – New Zealand research programme	16 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028508	Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Appointments and Monitoring	16 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026236	Intellectual Property management policy implementation overview	22 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031099	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	22 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031238	Draft Science Investment Plan and engagement	22 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031818	Mātauranga Māori and the SI&T system	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029724	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 24 April 2026	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031146	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031765	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031060	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	29 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032093	Temporary delegation of Technology Incubator Programme to MBIE	29 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031799	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 01 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032069	Meeting with Roger Sharp	30 April	MBIE

March 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0027427	Meeting with Callaghan Board Chair on GIQ Business Case	2 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028355	Event Briefing: Meeting with Minister Jones re fisheries/aquaculture	4 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027444	Meeting with AI Forum sub-committee on Social License	5 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028255	Further information on Police request to approve technician	5 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027845	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 06 March 2026	5 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028168	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	5 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028149	Meeting with Rt Hon Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment regarding prioritisation of research funding	5 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028754	Meeting with CEPI’s Board Chair, Jane Halton	6 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028508	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	9 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028001	Proactive release of Cabinet paper: Orders in Council for NZIAT	10 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028928	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	10 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028985	Meeting with CropLife Australia	10 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028650	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	11 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028621	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	11 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028048	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	12 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027847	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 13 March 2026	12 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029184	Meeting Mayor Wayne Brown and Sir Peter Gluckman	13 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029020	Speech at BusinessNZ Chief Technology Officers Forum	16 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028972	Prime Ministers Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Councils March 19 2026	17 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027848	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 20 March 2026	18 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029317	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	18 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026815	Going for Growth ITS Ministers – 24 March 2026	19 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029047	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	19 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029611	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	19 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029718	Meeting with Andrew Bridgman, Establishment Chief Executive of NZIAT	20 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029091	Meeting with Research Funding New Zealand (RFNZ) Board Members, 26 March 2026	23 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028615	For your review - Science Investment Plan	24 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029427	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	24 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029986	Visit to Fisher & Paykel Appliances	25 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027849	Supporting pack for Meteorological Services (Acquisition and Policies) Legislation Amendment Bill	26 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027849	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 27 March 2026	26 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029244	Supporting pack for Meteorological Services (Acquisition and Policies) Legislation Amendment Bill	26 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029950	Minister meeting with PRO Chairs and Chief Executives	27 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030064	Meeting with Zespri board and senior kiwifruit leaders	27 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026937	Final Set of Six Measures within the Commercialisation Outcomes Measurement Framework	30 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029933	Announcement of the Prime Minister’s Science Innovation & Technology Advisory Council’s Priorities Report at Sprout Summit 2026	30 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029086	Marsden Fund Council – Chair term advice	30 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028451	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	31 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0012241	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	31 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029971	PM's attendance at Zethos demonstration plant opening	31 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028910	Title Withheld: Confidential advice to Government	31 March	MBIE

February 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0025530	Meeting with the Mayor of Nelson and CEO of Cawthron Institute	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026184	Meeting with the Mānuka Charitable Trust to discuss your investment in Biodiscovery	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026724	Letter to Research Funding New Zealand Ministerial Advisory Group Chair	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0023837	Joint Ministers' Decisions on Appropriations and Letter of Expectations for NZIAT	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026814	Going for Growth ITS Ministers – 9 February 2026	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026896	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 06 February 2026	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026947	New Zealand Institute of Advanced Technology - Letters of Nomination	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026778	Prime Minister's Science Prizes - Decisions on Awards	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026646	Funding Explorer Improvements	5 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026913	Opening the CliC conference and announcement of $1 million ASP uplift	5 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027098	Meeting with Earth Sciences NZ to discuss the science response to the January 2026 northern North Island Severe Weather event	5 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026314	Opening of Bioeconomy Science Institute laboratory	5 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026320	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	5 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026702	Event Briefing: OpenStar levitated plasma test launch event in Wellington	10 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026079	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	10 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026904	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 13 February 2026	12 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026109	2026 March Baseline Update Submission: Vote Business, Science and Innovation – Science, Innovation and Technology Portfolio	12 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026881	Update on the Prime Minister’s Science, Innovation and Technology Council and Science Investment Plan	13 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026832	India Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit and Science and Education engagements	13 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027276	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027514	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026910	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 20 February 2026	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026209	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027970	Meteorological Services (Acquisition and Policies) Legislation Amendment Bill: Draft Officials’ Departmental Report	23 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026953	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	25 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026911	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 27 February 2026	25 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027905	Meeting with Professor Frank Bloomfield on New Zealand Product Accelerator	26 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027889	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	26 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027791	Event Briefing: 2026 Life Sciences Summit	26 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028153	Proactive release of Cabinet Paper seeking Approval for the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology to travel to India for the AI Impact Summit	27 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028330	Meeting with NZGDA chair Anna Barham	27 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028132	Early career researchers workshop	27 February	MBIE

January 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0025835	Earth Sciences collaboration with Aotearoa Oyster Ltd	12 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025864	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	13 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026055	Prime Ministers Science, Innovation and Technology Advisory Councils January 19 2026 meeting pack	15 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025876	Meeting with the New Zealand Leather & Shoe Research Association (LASRA)	22 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026295	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 23 January 2026	22 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026219	Meeting with PHF Science Chair Professor Sarah Young	22 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026179	Meeting with Research Funding New Zealand Chair – Dr Emma Blott	22 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026274	Meeting with Justine Daw – CEO Royal Society Te Apārangi	23 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026043	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	28 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026494	Earth Sciences New Zealand – Letters of Appointment	28 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025239	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	28 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0023837	Joint Ministers' Decisions on Appropriations and Letter of Expectations for NZIAT	28 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026547	Background for the Natural Hazards and Resilience Platform	28 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026005	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	29 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026296	Science Innovation and Technology Weekly Report - 30 January 2026	29 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026561	Update on the Science Investment Plan	29 January	MBIE

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