Chief Executive’s introduction
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Tēnā koutou katoa,
As the Government’s lead microeconomic agency, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has a key role in supporting the Government to drive economic growth. Our collective efforts across MBIE are focused on creating an economy where New Zealand businesses and New Zealanders can thrive.
Throughout the past year, we have delivered a large programme of work in support of this ambition, including the delivery of Budget initiatives and Quarterly Action Plan short-term priorities. In support of the Government’s economic strategy, we worked at pace to support the launch of the Government’s 2025 economic growth agenda, Going For Growth. We have a central role in the delivery of this programme of work and managing the cross-government co-ordination of this agenda.
Actions in support of competitive business settings have included tackling non-tariff trade barriers with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), creating the Tourism Growth Roadmap to meet the Government’s ambitious goal of doubling export value in 10 years, launching Invest New Zealand to attract foreign investment, and implementing the Minerals Strategy to grow that sector.
Developing a dynamic business environment that supports science, technology and innovation has seen us contribute to the delivery of the Gene Technology Bill, support the growth of the space and aviation sector by reducing red tape, the development of a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and engaging with businesses to boost research and development and technology adoption, as well as expanding access to capital for start-ups via the Elevate NZ Venture Capital Fund.
MBIE has a critical role in facilitating greater and more resilient energy generation to drive a strong and resilient economy and value from resources, this has included supporting offshore renewable energy and Electrify NZ and the Electricity Market Review.
Ensuring New Zealand has skilled people engaged in the economy is key to this success and we have supported adjustments to immigration settings to attract skilled migrants, advised on long-term workforce planning and partnered with the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to enhance in-work training and labour market programmes.
We continue to provide our core services to New Zealanders, ensuring we have markets with appropriate checks and balances to enable businesses and people to be confident and participate freely in the economy. We achieve this by regulating markets, providing critical information to consumers, providing a dispute resolution service and supporting businesses to grow and evolve. Moderating regulation settings where needed is important for economic growth, and changes to building regulations include enabling the use of overseas building products have been implemented to ease construction costs and streamline building consents.
MBIE also continues to work hard to meet its Treaty settlement commitments. To be successful with these commitments, we need to ensure we develop and maintain effective ongoing relationships with iwi groups.
As a public sector agency, our focus remains on ensuring we are right sized with high performing people delivering value for money services. Leadership accountability for delivering our priorities is key to our success and this is being strengthened through our leadership expectations framework.
Work is also ongoing to ensure we have strong systems and processes in support of the delivery of our services. It is a priority to ensure that we are leveraging the opportunities that arise from AI while maintaining a focus on safety and security.
Our people continue to deliver high-quality work and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to our vision of growing New Zealand for all, and I am grateful for their efforts and have been proud to lead them over the past year and the whole of my term as Chief Executive and Secretary.
Noho ora mai rā
Carolyn Tremain
Secretary for Business, Innovation and Employment and Chief Executive
Te Hēkeretari, te Tumu Whakarae mō Hīkina Whakatutuki
Ngā kupu whakataki a te Kaiwhakahaere Matua
Tēnā koutou katoa,
Ko MBIE te umanga ohaoha-moroiti takitaki o te Kāwanatanga, ā, kei a mātou tētahi mahi matua, arā ko te tautoko i te Kāwanatanga ki te kōkiri i te whakawhanaketanga ohaoha. Ko te whakapau kaha a te katoa i MBIE e aro ana ki te hanganga mai o tētahi ōhanga e taurikura ai ngā pakihi me ngā tāngata o Aotearoa.
I te tau kua hipa, ka whakataki mātou i tētahi hōtaka mahi nunui hei tautoko i tēnei awhero, kei roto ko te whakatakinga o ngā kaupapa Tahua me te pae tata o te Perēne Mahi ā-Koata. Hei tautoko i te rautaki ohaoha a te Kāwanatanga, i upoko karawhiu mātou ki te hāpai ake i te whakarewatanga o te kaupapa whakawhanake ohaoha a te Kāwanatanga mō te tau 2025, E Tupu, E Rea. Ko mātou tētahi pou matua mō te whakatakinga o tēnei hōtaka mahi me te whakahaere i te tū kotahi a ngā tari kāwanatanga mō tēnei kaupapa.
I ngā mahi tautoko i ngā taiao pakihi whakataetae, kua whai wāhi mai: te aro ki te rutu i ngā ārai hokohoko (atu i ngā tāke hoko tāwāhi) ki te taha o te Manatū Aorere (MFAT) me te Manatū Ahu Matua (MPI); te hanga mai i tētahi Mahere Whakawhanake Tāpoi ki te whakatutuki i te whāinga hao nui a te Kāwanatanga kia tāpara i ngā hua o te hoko ki tai i roto i ngā tau 10; te whakarewa
i a Haumi Aotearoa kia tōia mai ai te haumitanga i a tauiwi; me te whakatinana i te Rautaki Kohuke ki te whakawhanake i tēnā rāngai.
Mā te whakawhanake i tētahi taiao pakihi hihiri e tautoko ana i te pūtaiao, te matihiko, me te auahatanga, ka whai mai ko: tā mātou tautoko i te whakatakinga o te Pire Matihiko Ira; tā mātou tautoko i te whakawhanaketanga o te rāngai tuarangi, rererangi hoki mā te whakaiti i ngā taero; te whakawhanaketanga o tētahi rautaki atamai hangahanga (AI) ā-motu; me te whakapāpā atu ki ngā pakihi ki te whakapakari i te rangahau me te whakawhanaketanga, te whakamahi hangarau; me te whakawhānui hoki i te āheitanga ki te haupū rawa mō ngā pakihi tauhou mā te Tahua Whakatairanga Haupū Rawa Pakihi.
He tūranga matua tō MBIE i roto i ngā mahi whakapai ake, whakamanawaroa ake hoki i te whakaputa pūngao e kōkiri ai he ōhanga pakari, he ōhanga toka tū, ā, kia whai mai hoki ai ko ngā hua o ngā rawa, ka mutu, kua tautoko hoki mātou i te pūngao whakahou i tai, Whakahiko Aotearoa, me te Arotakenga Mākete Hiko hoki.
Ko te whakaū i te whai wāhitanga mai o ngā pūkenga ki tō tātou ōhanga tētahi take matua i angitu ai ā mātou mahi, ā, kua rawekehia e mātou ngā here manene e tōia mai ai ko ngā manuheke whai pūkenga, kua tuku kōrero tohutohu mātou mō te perēne pae tawhiti i te rāngaimahi, kua mahi tahi hoki mātou ki te Manatū Whakahiato Ora (MSD) ki te hāpai ake i te
whakangungutanga i te wāhi mahi me ngā hōtaka o te mākete hunga mahi.
E whakarato tonu ana mātou i ō mātou ratonga matua ki ngā tāngata o Aotearoa hei whakaū i ō tātou mākete me ō rātou papanga kia pai ai tā ngā pakihi me ngā tāngata tū māia, tā rātou whai wāhi noa hoki ki te ōhanga. Ka tutuki tēnei i a mātou mā te whakarite i ngā mākete, mā te whakarato i ngā mōhiohio arohaehae ki ngā kiritaki, mā te whakarato i te ratonga whakatau wenerau, mā te tautoko hoki i ngā pakihi kia whanake, kia tupu hoki ai rātou. Ko te mātairua i ngā here whakariterite i ngā wāhi e tika ana tētahi mea nui mō te whakawhanake ohaoha, ā, ko ētahi panonitanga ki ngā whakaritenga hanganga ko te āhei kia whakamahia ngā rauemi hanganga nō tāwāhi kua whakaurua mai ki te whakaheke i ngā utu hanganga, ki te whakakoutata hoki i ngā whakaaetanga hanganga.
Kei te whakarīrā tonu a MBIE ki te whakatutuki i ā mātou herenga i raro i ngā whakataunga Tirti. E tutuki ai i a mātou ēnei herenga, me ū mātou ki te whakawhanake, ki te tiaki hoki i ngā hononga whakamana ā moroki noa nei ki ngā iwi.
He umanga Rāngai Tūmatanui mātou, nō reira e aro tonu ana mātou ki te whakarite i a mātou anō kia tika tō mātou rahi, kia whai wāhi mai hoki ko ngā tāngata whai hua e whakataki nei i ngā hua o ngā ratonga pūtea. Ko te papanga hautūtanga ki te whakataki i ā mātou whakaarotau tētahi āhuatanga matua e angitu ai mātou, ā, kei te whakapakaringia tēnei mā tā mātou anga Kawatau Hautūtanga.
Arā hoki ngā mahi e haere tonu ana ki te whakaū i te pakari o ā mātou pūnaha me ā mātou tukanga e tautoko ana i te whakatakinga o ā mātou ratonga. Ko tētahi whakaarotau ko te whakaū i tā mātou whai hua i ngā āheinga e puta ana i te Atamai Hangahanga (AI) i runga tonu i te aro ki te haumaru me te tūwhita.
Ko ō mātou tāngata e whakataki tonu nei i ngā mahi kairangi, e whakaatu hoki nei i te titikaha ki tā mātou kaupapa ki te whakawhanake i a Aotearoa mō te katoa, ā, ko au e whakawhetai nei ki tā rātou whakapau kaha, e noho poho kererū hoki nei i taku tūranga ārahi i a rātou i te tau kua pahure, otirā i te roanga o taku wā hei kaiwhakahaere matua, hei hēkeretari hoki.
Noho ora mai rā
Carolyn Tremain
Te Hēkeretari, te Tumu Whakarae mō Hīkina Whakatutuki