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

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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