This page describes the research, science and innovation system, its objectives and the role of regulation in the system. It lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
To improve the experiences and outcomes for MBIE people, customers, and stakeholders, MBIE gains insight from our people, explores workforce and remuneration data, and reviews the impact of actions taken. This informs what we keep, stop, start, and adjust with our new action plan.
This page describes the trade regulatory system administered by MBIE, and its objectives.
At MBIE we value our people, and strive to reflect, embrace and nurture the communities we serve, including developing and maintaining our capability to engage Māori and understand Māori perspectives.
This page describes the standards and conformance regulatory system and its objectives. It also lists the other government agencies involved in the system and main stakeholders.
We are working to create better results for people and businesses, along with lifting the productivity and efficiency of our services and how we operate. MBIE will take advantage of its span, expertise and connections to enable an environment where people can innovate and prosper.
This page describes the outer space and high-altitude activities regulatory system and its objectives. It also lists the other government agencies involved in the system and main stakeholders.
Our strategic intentions / statement of intent describes our role and function in the public sector; the outcomes we aim to achieve in support of the Government and New Zealand; and how success will be measured.
This page describes the intellectual property regulatory system, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
To achieve a sustained lift in economic performance and participation, we need a business environment that is dynamic, where businesses are able to respond to new opportunities and where resources are allocated to the most productive use. We also need to innovate sustainably and adopt new economic thinking at pace.
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