In October 2018, MBIE and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) signed a Letter of Intent at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to enable joint research collaboration, focused on space systems, earth observation technologies and applications, transport technologies and energy technologies.

The IVL is a $35 levy that is charged to most international visitors to New Zealand. The IVL aims to address current challenges in the tourism and conservation systems.

This section covers revenue and expenditure for the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) in 2021 to 2022 and the budgeted, actual, and forecast expenditure for the IVL projects.

This report looks at the migration trends of migrants from the Pacific from 2012/13 to 2016/17 using Immigration New Zealand data. It also examines the settlement outcomes for Pacific migrants, primarily using data from the 2016 Migrants Survey.

New measures have come into force on 1 July 2021 to better protect migrants from exploitation.

Advanced Energy Technology is technology at the frontier of innovation, with the potential to advance and disrupt global energy markets.

This section looks at immigration impacts on the Bay of Plenty labour market.

Through Curious Minds, the Government support activities, projects and programmes that work with communities, businesses and educators to boost engagement between science, technology and society. Curious Minds encourages all New Zealanders to ask good questions, solve local problems and uncover innovative science and technology solutions for a brighter future.

The Government is investing $49 million in an Antarctic Science Platform to help us understand Antarctica’s impact on the global climate, and how this might change in a warming world.