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

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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