This information brings together key data and insights to help you understand how New Zealand businesses operate and engage with government. It summarises evidence from Stats NZ and MBIE research, with a focus on small businesses and their needs.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE’s) Business Health and Digital Monitor considers the health, motivations, development goals and resilience of New Zealand businesses.
The Government is expanding the Digital Manufacturing Light programme to support the adoption of digital tools for small and medium-sized manufacturers.
Having humans-in-the-loop, and understanding how to use artificial intelligence systems effectively and securely, is key to responsible artificial intelligence use and deployment.
Responsible training data collection and modelling practices support useful, secure and fair artificial intelligence systems.
Clear cross-business lines of oversight and accountability, including across artificial intelligence use or development, enables effective risk management.
There are particular concepts about how Artificial Intelligence works and is used that are important to understand for mitigating any associated risk.
If you want to register (with a view to exporting) non-animal tested cosmetics in China, you need documentary evidence that the product will be manufactured under international Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) conditions applicable to the cosmetics industry. China only accepts this documentary evidence if it comes from a government authority. To help with this, MBIE has created a two-step process.
With innovations like digital wallets and payment apps rapidly transforming the New Zealand payments market, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is asking if the rules for payment services are still fit for purpose.
Government agencies are now expected to pay businesses that send them eInvoices within five days under new procurement rules that kicked in this month.
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