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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

Building, Resources and Markets is headed by Deputy Secretary Paul Stocks.

This group is responsible for many of the regulatory systems that govern New Zealand’s markets, including building, communications, competition, consumer and commercial, energy, financial, intellectual property, and petroleum and minerals.

The Building, Resources and Markets group contribute to:

ensuring housing and construction markets deliver safe and affordable homes and buildings
developing a blueprint for the future build of telecommunications infrastructure
increasing the scale and pace of energy and resource development to ensure secure, resilient and reliable production and supply
shaping competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable markets for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

This group has 7 branches:

Commerce, Consumer and Business
Communications, Infrastructure and Trade
Energy Markets
Resource Markets
Building System Performance
Office of the Deputy Secretary (BRM)
Kāpuia.

Paul Stocks, Deputy Secretary, Building, Resources and Markets (BRM)

Corporate and Digital Shared Services

Corporate and Digital Shared Services is headed by Deputy Secretary Richard Griffiths.

This group works in partnership with business groups to enable them to deliver their objectives and portfolio obligations. Corporate and Digital Shared Services supports the stewardship obligations of the organisation including its medium and long-term sustainability, finance, health, capability and capacity.

This group has 13 branches:

Corporate Services
Finance, Performance and Assurance
Mātauranga Māori
Office of the Deputy Secretaries
People and Culture
Workplace, Safety and Security
Cyber Security
Data Strategy & Knowledge
Data Insights & Intelligence
Digital Operations
Digital Solutions Delivery
Partnerships & Programmes
Technology & Architecture.

Richard Griffiths, Deputy Secretary, Corporate and Digital Shared Services

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:

Granting visas to people who New Zealand needs to work, visit, study, or settle here.
Ensuring that people crossing the border and staying in New Zealand are entitled to do so.
Helping migrants and refugees to make New Zealand their home.
Playing our part in the global immigration system, together with 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.

This group has 7 branches:

Associate Deputy Secretary Immigration. Supports the Deputy Secretary Immigration to lead Immigration New Zealand into the future. They manage key strategic partnerships related to the global immigration system, our authorising environment and our commitments under te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Chief Operating Officer Immigration. The operational arm of INZ with a focus on Visa Operations and ensuring quality in decision-making.
Future Services. Leads the Our Future Services programme to deliver a cost-effective immigration system that is productive, effective at managing risk and provides a more seamless experience for our customers and staff. Future Services also leads Continuous Improvement work to improve efficiency, standardise processes and remove waste in our ways of working and support leadership capability and culture.
Immigration Design and Assurance. 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. Ensures that INZ is being an effective regulator, meeting our legal and regulatory obligations.
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.
Office of the Deputy Secretary. Supports the Deputy Secretary Immigration and the Immigration Leadership team in leading the strategic performance of INZ. The Office provides assurance to the Chief Executive of MBIE and Minister of Immigration about INZ’s performance and oversees INZ’s “Striking the Balance” strategy.
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 and capacity building and strengthen New Zealand’s efforts to combat and prevent trafficking in persons and irregular migration.

Alison McDonald, Deputy Secretary Immigration New Zealand

Regional Development & Commercial Services

Regional Development & Commercial Services is headed by Deputy Secretary Robert Pigou.

This group is responsible for delivering government investment into New Zealand’s regions to build their economies, grow businesses, and strengthen communities. It plays a role in the administration of over $4.5 billion in funding across a wide variety of Regional Development funds. This group has supported many regional projects across New Zealand through various government funding initiatives, including:

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

For more information, visit the Grow Regions website

Grow Regions(external link)

The group has 6 branches:

MBIE Property
Government Property
NZ Government Procurement
Kānoa – Regional Development & Commercial Services
Investment Management
Regional Development
Strategy, Planning and Performance.

Robert Pigou Deputy Secretary Regional Development & Commercial Services(external link)

Labour, Science and Enterprise

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

This group contributes to the New Zealand economy by developing New Zealand’s skills, science and innovation systems and labour market policy.

Core roles include:

Managing New Zealand’s skills, science and innovation systems through the investment of public funds and international connections relating to the science system
Advising on science, innovation, investment and biotechnology policy
Advising on economic development and tourism policy, and managing major events and tourism funds
Advising on labour market policy, immigration policy, management of international components, workplace relations and safety policy and accident compensation policy.

The group has 7 branches:

Economic Development and Tourism
Employment, Skills and Immigration Policy
Entity Performance and Investment
Science and Space
Science System Investment and Performance
Technology and Innovation
Workplace Relations and Safety Policy.

Crown entity partners play an integral delivery role across these roles. The Labour Science and Enterprise Group facilitates and advises on the settings they need to succeed.

Crown entity partners include:

Tourism NZ
NZ Trade and Enterprise
Callaghan Innovation
WorkSafe New Zealand
Crown Research institutes
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.

Nic Blakeley, Deputy Secretary, Labour, Science and Enterprise

Strategy and Assurance

Strategy and Performance is headed by Deputy Secretary Melanie Porter.

This group brings together MBIE’s functions responsible for strategic risk management, assurance and organisational performance.

The group has 6 branches:

Te Kupenga – Māori Economic Policy and Strategic Partnership
- MBIE Māori Partnerships
- Māori Economic Development
Regulatory Systems Policy Assurance and Performance
- Regulatory Assurance and Performance
- Policy and Regulatory Capability
Communications, Design and Ministerial Services
Enterprise Risk, Strategy and Transformation
Legal, Ethics and Privacy.

Melanie Porter, Deputy Secretary, Strategy and Peformance

Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery

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

This group delivers services that support the aspirations of New Zealanders.

Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery helps people understand their rights and obligations, and the opportunities available, but will also hold people to account. This group has an impact on the lives of almost every New Zealander every day be it as employee, employer, business owner, consumer, landlord, renter, new arrival and even those listening to the radio and protecting our airwaves.

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

Underpinning Te Whakatairanga strategy is the Wawata Māori strategy, guiding the group towards Herenga waka, Herenga tāngata – Māori aspirations for all.

The group has 8 branches: