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Our strategic intentions are underpinned by our purpose and outcomes framework. To pursue these goals, MBIE focuses on five outcome areas. This section of the report provides information on our progress towards these outcomes.
Our strategic intentions are underpinned by our purpose and outcomes framework. To pursue these goals, MBIE focuses on five outcome areas. This section of the report provides information on our progress towards these outcomes.
The Government promotes fair and thriving markets by setting rules and defining rights that allow businesses to operate effectively and protect people from harm.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s 2018/19 Annual Report is a review of our financial and non-financial performance against our outcomes, priorities and obligations.
We are an incredibly diverse organisation, employing over 4,000 people across a range of roles, and all sharing a commitment to grow New Zealand for all.
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.
People need work that provides fair pay. But work is more than simply income; it can also give people a sense of purpose and allow them to develop skills, experience and social connections.
New Zealand’s natural environment is important to our sense of identity and has great cultural and recreational significance. It also supports much economic activity. Some of our biggest contributors to export growth, such as tourism and the primary sector, rely heavily on using the natural environment.
E tino harikoa ana au ki te tāpae i te Pūrongo Ā-Tau 2019/2020 a Hīkina Whakatutuki. It gives me great pleasure to present the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) 2019/20 Annual Report.
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