Small Business and Manufacturing

The Minister of Small Business and Manufacturing 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

April 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0030242	Meeting with Bruce Pollock - 9 Apr 2026	2 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030344	Draft Speech for PM - NZ owned and operated business, NZ manufacturing activity, investment in business growth, local employment opportunities	8 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030790	Meeting EMA – intro meeting with John McKenzie and Alan McDonald - 10 April 2026	10 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030791	Heartland Chips – site tour - 13 April 2026	10 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030795	Visit to Techmatics Robotics - 14 April 2026	10 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030792	Juice Products NZ Ltd – site tour - 13 April 2026	10 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030793	Meeting with Hamilton Jet visit - 14 April 2026	10 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030839	Meeting with Business Canterbury - 14 April 2026	13 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0030833	Mini SBAG/MPAG meeting - 15 April 2026	15 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028856	Attending Spark and Icehouse SME support session - 21 Apr 2026	17 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031186	Minister Brewer meeting with AMA (Sarah and Catherine) - 23 April 2026	21 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031572	Meeting with Small Business and Manufacturing Advisory Groups - Fuel Impacts - 21 April 2026	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031221	Meeting with MYOB - 28 April 2026	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0029792	Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report – week commencing 27 April 2026	23 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027087	Speaking at Management Perspectives 2026 - 6 May 2026	29 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031224	Minister Brewer visiting United Machinists - 4 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031927	Visit WGD - 6 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031932	Minister Brewer visiting Wests Original Soda Co - 4 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031931	Minister Brewer visiting Emerson's Brewery - 4 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031936	Minister Brewer visiting New Zealand Aluminium Smelter – NZAS (Tiwai Point) - 5 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031930	Minister Brewer visiting Business South - 4 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031937	Minister Brewer visiting Great South - 5 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031929	Minister Brewer visiting Farra Engineering - 4 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031938	Minister Brewer visiting JK Engineering - 5 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031591	Meeting with Sarah Trotman, Business Mentors - 6 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0032184	Visiting Newmarket Business Association - 6 May 2026	30 April	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0031935	Minister Brewer visiting Ocean Beach Industrial Park - 5 May 2026	30 April	MBIE

March 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0028058	Visiting Channel Infrastructure - 9 Mar 2026	4 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028590	Meet with Google SBM Digital Economy & NZ Online Scams Code - 10 March 2026	6 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026515	Speaking at Manukau Business Association Breakfast event - 16 March 2026	9 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027800	Visit to Whanganui with Carl Bates MP - 18 Mar 2026	11 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027086	Speaking at Rotabiz - 1 Apr 2026	17 March	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0028655	Small Business and Manufacturing Fortnightly Report – week commencing 23 Mar 2026	20 March	MBIE

February 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0026523	Meeting with Xero - 11 Feb 2026	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026516	Meeting with NZ Cleaning Coop - 12 Feb 2026	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026071	Update on Digital Manufacturing Light	4 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026513	Meet Business Central - 19 Feb 2026	11 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0024000	Visiting Lanaco - 26 Feb 2026	13 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025134	Minister Penk - Attending and Speaking at SBAG Meeting	16 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025137	MPAG meeting and showcase event – 25 February 2026	16 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025715	Speaking at Opening of 5R Solutions new glass recovery and processing (manufacturing) facility - 25 Feb 2026	17 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025716	Speaking at ATAINZ Conference - 27 Feb 2026	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025717	Speaking at Roundtable Meeting with Northern Infrastructure Forum hosted by the Auckland Business Chamber - 26 Feb 2026	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0024888	Visit to Gerard Roofs Manufacturing Site - 26 Feb 2026	18 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025127	Visiting Reliance Utilities - 26 Feb 2026	19 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0024892	Visit UoT - Newmarket Innovation Precinct - Digital Light Manufacturing Announcement - 24 Feb 2026	19 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026979	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	23 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0027090	Meeting with Buy NZ Made - 10 Mar 2026	23 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026818	Small Business and Manufacturing Fortnightly Report – week commencing 2 Mar 2026	27 February	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0025809	Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government	27 February	MBIE

January 2026

Tracking number	Title	Date received by Minister	Author
BRIEFING-REQ-0025714	Visiting Jad Cup Manufacturing Factory - 5 Feb 2026	28 January	MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0026237	Small Business and Manufacturing Fortnightly Report – week commencing 2 Feb 2026	30 January	MBIE

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