A strong economy is essential to New Zealand’s prosperity. MBIE helps regions, businesses and communities to grow and diversify their opportunities. We work to ensure New Zealand is better placed to adapt to global shifts. This requires ongoing investment and adaptation.
MBIE was one of the first New Zealand government agencies to face the challenges of COVID-19 given the presence of our offshore visa processing office in Beijing, which needed to be shut down back in January. Since then, we have played an integral leadership role in supporting the Government's ‘Response’ effort and the ‘Recovery’ and ‘Rebuild’ components.
The Employment Relations Act 2000 will be amended to clarify contracting arrangements, simplify personal grievances and reduce complexity at the start of employment relationships.
The Government has reintroduced the ability to make pay deductions in response to partial strikes.
This section outlines the Commerce Commission’s market study into New Zealand’s retail grocery sector and provides an overview of the grocery industry and the recent Grocery Industry Competition Act 2023.
This page provides information about the institutions included in the Kitmap survey, defining research infrastucture and limitations of the survey data.