Our People's Experience

Employee engagement and workplace culture

MBIE uses the annual MyVoice@MBIE survey to monitor employee engagement, wellbeing and inclusion. The 2025 survey achieved a 78% response rate. These insights help identify areas impacting workforce experience, engagement, retention, and organisational effectiveness.

Employees describe MBIE as a workplace grounded in care, respect, and inclusion, with trust and psychological safety central to the culture.

Building Workforce and Cultural Capability

Kia Kotahi Mai – Together, We Belong

At MBIE, building cultural capability strengthens respectful leadership, collaboration, and our ability to deliver effectively for New Zealand’s diverse communities and businesses. Through inclusion and cultural capability initiatives, we support culturally responsive workplaces where people feel valued, supported, and able to contribute effectively.

Strengthening Organisational Capability

Inclusion and Belonging (I&B) capability

I&B capability is strengthened through participation in core learning and development initiatives that support respectful workplaces, inclusive leadership, and employee experience. Learning uptake and participation are monitored across the organization, including:

• Mana Aki 
• Wall Walk
• Inclusion and Belonging learning modules (Nō Kōnei Belong/Bullying and Harassment/Unconscious Bias/Including Rainbow Community)

Source: Inclusion and Belonging learning completion data

Māori Crown capability (Whāinga Amorangi)

Māori Crown capability is strengthened through development across four key capability areas:

• Te Reo Māori
• Tikanga / Kawa
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Engagement with Māori

Progress is monitored quarterly through Whāinga Amorangi dashboards.

Source: Whāinga Amorangi dashboards quarterly reporting 

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