Business capability
We provide advice and support to businesses to help them grow, be more innovative, raise their capability and do business more easily.
We provide advice and support to businesses to help them grow, be more innovative, raise their capability and do business more easily.
New Zealand is a founding member of the International Labour Organization (ILO) which is the key global labour body and source of international labour law.
This page summarises the changes to the consumer credit laws that resulted from the review that took place between 2009 and 2015.
The Government has made law changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. This follows our 2018 review of the consumer credit law.
In 2022, the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commissioned an investigation into changes to credit laws introduced on 1 December 2021. This has led to further amendments to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Regulations 2004 and the Responsible Lending Code. The first tranche of changes came into force on 7 July 2022, and the second tranche are in force on 4 May 2023.
We consulted government agencies, suppliers and interested public to get their feedback on the 4th edition of the Government Procurement Rules before we presented suggested amendments to Government.
We are reviewing the Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006 (the GIs Act).
This section has older reports that we are no longer updating or producing regularly including reports on the Canterbury labour market, low pay and labour market trends for Māori and Pacific peoples.
This quarterly report series combines our labour market monitoring programme with the latest developments in the labour market to provide a summary of New Zealand labour market trends.
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