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We help to Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All to improve the well-being of New Zealanders. This page provides information about our business groups.

Building, Resources and Markets

The Building, Resources and Markets group is headed by Paul Stocks.

We are responsible for many of the regulatory systems that New Zealand’s markets: building, communications, competition, consumer and commercial, energy markets, financial markets, intellectual property, and petroleum and minerals. In addition, we are responsible for the functions that support the external facing New Zealand Government Procurement and Government Property Group brands.

We contribute to:

ensuring housing and construction markets deliver safe and affordable homes and buildings
ensuring New Zealanders are connected and have access to resilient, inclusive and competitive communications services and infrastructure
supporting New Zealand to become a prosperous and leading digital nation
increasing value from lower carbon energy that is secure and affordable
delivering a step-change in the value we get from New Zealand’s energy and mineral resources
building a business environment where consumers are supported and businesses are empowered.

The group has 7 branches:

Government Property
NZ Government Procurement
Small Business, Commerce & Consumer
Digital Economy & Communications
Energy Markets
Resource Markets
Building System Performance

Paul Stocks, Deputy Secretary, Building, Resources and Markets

Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement

Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement is headed by Deputy Secretary Richard Griffiths.

We work in partnership with business groups to enable them to deliver their objectives and portfolio obligations. We support the stewardship obligations of the organisation including its medium and long-term sustainability, finance, health, capability and capacity.

The group has 9 branches:

Communications, Design and Ministerial Services
Corporate Services
Enterprise Risk, Strategy and Transformation
Finance, Performance and Assurance
Legal, Ethics and Privacy
Mātauranga Māori
Office of the Deputy Secretaries
People and Culture
Workplace, Safety and Security

Richard Griffiths, Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement

Digital, Data and Insights

The Digital, Data and Insights Group is led by Deputy Secretary Greg Patchell.

We are responsible for strengthening MBIE's core data and insights, digital and technology functions within MBIE.

The group’s key objectives work to ensure MBIE is:

Digitally enabled – we make it easy for people to work with us and for us.
Empowered by data – we are a data and evidence-led organisation.

The Group has the following branches:

Cyber Security
Data Strategy & Knowledge
Data Insights & Intelligence
Digital Operations
Digital Solutions Delivery
Partnerships & Programmes
Planning, Risk & Assurance
Technology & Architecture

Greg Patchell, Deputy Secretary, Digital, Data and Insights

Finance and Performance

MBIE's Finance and Performance Group supports the effective management of the Ministry's rescources including finance, procurement, risk and internal assurance. This includes implementing effective financial policies and procedures, business-wide planning, advice and performance reporting.

The group has 7 branches:

Enterprise Planning, Performance and Reporting
Finance Systems, Operations
Procurement
Finance Business Partnering
Internal Assurance
Enterprise Risk and Compliance
eInvoicing

Immigration New Zealand

Immigration New Zealand is headed by Deputy Secretary Alison McDonald.

How we work(external link) — Immigration New Zealand

Immigration makes a vital contribution to New Zealand’s economy, workforce and community. It reunites friends and families, provides employers with access to key skills and capital, contributes to New Zealand’s international and humanitarian commitments, and supports the security and integrity of our border.

INZ is the operational processing arm of New Zealand’s immigration system and aims to provide a trusted, world class immigration service for all its customers.

INZ has 4 core roles:

We grant visas to people who New Zealand needs to work, visit, study, or settle here.
We ensure that people crossing the border and staying in New Zealand are entitled to do so.
We help migrants and refugees to make New Zealand their home.
We play our part in the global immigration system, together with our border partners to keep New Zealand safe.

INZ branches and teams are focused on delivering these core roles and rely on centres of expertise from across our organisation to deliver immigration services, alongside a network of government and international partners.

The group has 7 branches:

Chief Operating Officer Immigration — the operation-led arm of INZ with a focus on Visa Operations and ensuring quality in decision-making.
Immigration Risk and Border — supports pre-and post-decision making for visa applications and manages pre-entry at the border, with accountability for all risk functions which crosscut the visa decision process.
Refugee and Migrant Services — responsible for delivering the best possible outcomes for new migrants and refugees and for the operational delivery of Pacific labour mobility initiatives, including the Recognised Seasonal Employment Scheme.
Customer — engages with customers and stakeholders and ensuring customers can access the information they need to navigate the immigration system.
Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration — provides INZ-wide co-ordination of Ministerial servicing such as privacy and information requests, responsible for international engagement and leads the development of Māori capability across INZ.
Service Design and Implementation — leads the design of agreed policy, process, and platform change — defining and delivering to requirements, as well as implementing and embedding change into the business.
Assurance — responsible for being a good regulator of INZ and managing the INZ Complaints process as well as the more formal statutory complaints process that involves privacy issues and the Office of the Ombudsman.

Alison McDonald, Deputy Secretary Immigration New Zealand

Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit

Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit (Kānoa – RD) is headed by Deputy Secretary Robert Pigou.

We are responsible for delivering government investment into New Zealand’s regions to build their economies, grow businesses, and strengthen communities. Kānoa – RD has a role in the administration of $4.5 billion of funding across 11 closed funds. Our group has supported many regional projects across New Zealand through various Government funding initiatives. For more information visit our website: Grow Regions

Kānoa – RD is currently responsible for administering the $1.2 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF). The RIF invests specifically in regional infrastructure, making investments in projects that boost regional growth, resilience, and productivity.

Regional Infrastructure Fund(external link) — Kānoa Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit

The group has 4 branches:

Investment Management
Regional Development
Strategy, Planning and Performance
Business Partnerships

Some key funding administered by Kānoa – RD includes:

Regional Infrastructure Fund
Provincial Growth Fund
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding
North Island Weather Events Primary Producer Finance Scheme
Regional Strategic Partnership Fund

Further details on funding:

What we have funded(external link) — Kānoa Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit

Robert Pigou, Deputy Secretary, Kānoa – RD

Labour, Science and Enterprise

The Labour, Science and Enterprise Group is headed by Deputy Secretary, Nic Blakeley.

We help boost the New Zealand economy by developing New Zealand’s skill system, science and innovation systems, alongside labour market policy. We do this by taking a ‘just transition’ approach so that opportunities and impacts are anticipated, supported, or managed in a way that does not leave people behind.

The group has 7 branches:

Economic Development and Transitions
Employment, Skills and Immigration Policy
Entity Performance and Investment
Science, Innovation and International
Science System Investment and Performance
Tourism
Workplace Relations and Safety Policy

Our Crown entity partners play an integral delivery role across these areas. We facilitate and advise on the settings they need to succeed.

Our Crown entity partners include:

Nic Blakeley, Deputy Secretary, Labour, Science and Enterprise

Te Waka Pūtahitanga

The Deputy Secretary Te Waka Pūtahitanga is Melanie Porter.

We partner across MBIE and with the wider system to progress key cross-cutting outcomes such as Māori and Pacifica Economic Strategy, overall Economic Strategy, Regulatory Stewardship and enabling Small Businesses to thrive.

The group has the following 4 branches including the Chief Economist:

Te Kupenga - Māori Economic Development Unit
Regulatory Stewardship
- Government Regulatory Practice Initiative (G-REG)
- Regulatory System Development
- Regulatory System Assurance & Improvement
Economic Strategy
- Pacific Policy
- Strategic Policy Integration
- Transitions Strategy
Chief Economist Unit

Melanie Porter, Deputy Secretary, Te Waka Pūtahitanga

Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery

Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery is headed by Deputy Secretary Suzanne Stew.

Our purpose is to ensure that Aotearoa New Zealand has fair markets that thrive.

The mahi our people in Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery do is vast. We help people understand their rights and obligations, the opportunities available, but we also hold people to account. Our mahi has an impact on the lives of almost every New Zealander, every day, be it as employee, consumer, landlord, renter, new arrival, employer or business owner – even listening to the radio and protecting our airwaves is us.

Our job is to support businesses to thrive and ensure Kiwis are protected. It’s part of delivering on MBIE’s strategy (Te Ara Amiorangi) and our purpose – Grow New Zealand for All.

Underpinning Te Whakatairanga strategy is our Wawata Māori strategy, guiding us to heratanga waka, hertanga tāngata – Māori aspirations for all.

The group has seven branches: