Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

New Zealand government department

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Hīkina Whakatutuki

Agency overview
Formed| 2012
Preceding agencies|

* Department of Building and Housing
* Department of Labour
* Ministry of Economic Development
* Ministry of Science and Innovation

Jurisdiction| New Zealand
Headquarters| Defence House, 15 Stout St,
Wellington
WELLINGTON 6011
Annual budget| Total budgets for 2019/20[1]
Vote Business, Science and Innovation
$3,851,912,000
Vote Building and Construction
$112,438,000
Vote Labour Market
$2,040,966,000
Minister responsible|

* Hon Barbara Edmonds
Minister for Economic Development[2]

Agency executive|

* Carolyn Tremain
Secretary for Business, Innovation and Employment[3]

Child agencies|

* Immigration New Zealand[4]
* New Zealand Space Agency[5]

Website| mbie.govt.nz

The MBIE head office on Stout Street, Wellington (the former Defence House)

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE; Māori: Hīkina Whakatutuki) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with "delivering policy, services, advice and regulation" which contribute to New Zealand's economic productivity and business growth.[6]

## History[edit]

Formed on 1 July 2012, MBIE is a merger of the Department of Building and Housing (DBH), the Department of Labour (DoL), the Ministry of Economic Development (MED), and the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI).[7]

The Ministry was responsible for the Pike River Recovery Agency from 31 January 2018 to 1 July 2022.[8]

In October 2018, the newly created Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assumed several of MBIE's housing policy, funding and regulatory functions including the KiwiBuild programme, the Community Housing Regulatory Authority, and administration of funding for the HomeStart, Welcome Home Loans, the legacy Social Housing Fund and Community Group Housing programmes.[9]

On 14 July 2020, the Ministry assumed responsibility for running the New Zealand Government's COVID-19 managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) programme.[10] The last four MIQ facilities closed in June 2022.[11][12]

## Structure[edit]

Senior Leadership[13]

* Chief Executive and Secretary (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment)
* Deputy Secretary – Immigration
* Deputy Secretary – Data, Digital and Insights
* Deputy Secretary – Building, Resources and Markets
* Deputy Secretary – Labour, Science and Enterprise
* Deputy Secretary – Te Waka Pūtahitanga
* Deputy Secretary – Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery
* Deputy Secretary – Ngā Pou o te Taumaru
* Head of Kānoa – Regional Economic Development and Investment Unit
* Chief Financial Officer
* Chief Advisor to the Secretary

## Operational functions[edit]

The Ministry manages a number of operational services, including:[6]

* Business.govt.nz
* Companies Office, which also manages registers for:
* motor-vehicle traders
* financial-service providers
* societies and trusts
* personal-property securities
* Consumer Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Consumer Affairs)
* Electricity Authority
* Electrical Workers Registration Board
* Employment New Zealand
* Government procurement[14]
* Immigration New Zealand
* Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand[4]
* Major events
* Māori Economic Development, including partnership with the independent Māori Economic Development Panel and partnering in He kai kei aku ringa (HKKAR[15] – providing the food you need with your own hands) – the Māori Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan[16]
* Insolvency and Trustee Service
* Natural Hazards Research Platform (NHRP)[17]
* New Zealand Cycle Trail
* New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals
* New Zealand Space Agency[5]
* Radio Spectrum Management
* Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF)[18]
* Vision Mātauranga (indigenous knowledge policy)[19]

## Monitoring functions[edit]

The ministry is the monitor of the following Crown entities, Crown research institutes, statutory boards and non-listed companies.[20]

Name  | Entity type

|

Accident Compensation Corporation | Crown entity
Accreditation Council  | Crown entity
AgResearch Limited | Crown research institute
Building Practitioners Board  | Statutory body
Callaghan Innovation | Crown entity
Chartered Professional Engineers Council  | Statutory body
Commerce Commission | Independent Crown entity
Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited  | Public Finance Act 1989 Schedule 4A non-listed company
Education New Zealand  | Crown entity
Electrical Workers Registration Board  | Statutory body
Electricity Authority | Independent Crown entity
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority | Crown entity
Engineering Associates Registration Board  | Statutory body
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited | Crown research institute
External Reporting Board  | Independent Crown entity
Financial Markets Authority | Crown entity
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science Limited (GNS Science) | Crown research institute
Landcare Research New Zealand Limited (Manaaki Whenua) | Crown research institute
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited (NIWA) | Crown research institute
New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited | Crown research institute
New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited (Scion)  | Crown research institute
New Zealand Registered Architects Board | Statutory body
New Zealand Tourism Board | Crown entity
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise | Crown entity
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund)  | Crown entity company
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board | Statutory body
REANNZ (Research & Education Advanced Network NZ Ltd) | Crown entity
Takeovers Panel  | Independent Crown entity
Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission | Crown entity
Tertiary Education Commission | Crown entity
WorkSafe New Zealand | Crown entity

## Ministers[edit]

The Ministry serves 20 portfolios and 16 ministers.[21]

OFFICEHOLDER | PORTFOLIO(S) | OTHER RESPONSIBILITY(IES)

|
|

Hon Stuart Nash | Lead Minister (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment)
Minister for Economic Development |
Hon Carmel Sepuloni | Minister for Social Development and Employment |
Hon Grant Robertson | Minister for Sports and Recreation |
Hon Dr Megan Woods | Minister of Energy and Resources
Minister of Housing
Minister for Building and Construction |
Hon Michael Wood | Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister of Immigration

Minister for Auckland

Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall | Minister of Research, Science and Innovation |
Hon Willie Jackson | Minister for Māori Development
Minister for Broadcasting and Media | Associate Minister for ACC

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment (Māori Employment)

Hon Kiri Allan | Minister for Regional Development  |
Hon Andrew Little | Minister for the Public Service  |
Hon Peeni Henare | Minister for ACC

Minister of Tourism

Hon Nanaia Mahuta |  | Associate Minister for Māori Development
Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan |  | Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
Associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Hon Kieran McAnulty | Minister for Emergency Management  |
Hon Ginny Andersen | Minister for Digital Economy and Communications

Minister for Small Business

| Associate Minister of Immigration
Hon Barbara Edmonds |  | Associate Minister of Housing
Hon Duncan Webb | Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Associate Minister of Immigration

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2019. The Treasury.
2. ^ "Hon Barbara Edmonds". Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
3. ^ "Public Service Leaders | te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission".
4. ^ a b "Immigration New Zealand". MBIE. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
5. ^ a b "About us". Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. 12 April 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
6. ^ a b "Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment". New Zealand Government.
7. ^ Joyce, Steven; Coleman, Jonathan (24 April 2012). "MBIE to proceed from 1 July" (Press release).
8. ^ "Pike River Mine Factsheet" (PDF). Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
9. ^ "HUD Factsheet 1 October 2018" (PDF). Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
10. ^ "Key facts and figures". Managed Isolation and Quarantine. New Zealand Government. 3 May 2022. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
11. ^ "MIQ timeline | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
12. ^ "Final three MIQ facilities closed | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
13. ^ "About us: Senior leadership". MBIE. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
14. ^ "About us". 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016. "MBIE's Government Procurement branch [...] is responsible for improving procurement results across government [...]."
15. ^ "Government welcomes Māori forestry collective announcement". Scoop. Scoop. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016. "The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Te Puni Kokiri (TPK) welcomed the announcement of Te Taitokerau Maori Forestry Collective Incorporated's Action Plan to 2020 launched today at the He Kai Kei Aku Ringa (HKKAR) Regional Hui in Kerikeri."
16. ^ "Māori Economic Development". Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016. "In 2011, the Ministers for Economic Development and Māori Affairs established an independent Māori Economic Development Panel, tasked with developing a Māori Economic Strategy and Action Plan. [...] He kai kei aku ringa (providing the food you need with your own hands), the Māori Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan was subsequently released in 2012. [...] He kai kei aku ringa focuses on boosting Māori economic performance, and is being implemented through a Crown Māori Economic Growth Partnership. [...] The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) is the lead public sector agency responsible for coordinating the public sector's role in the partnership. MBIE also works with the Māori Economic Development Advisory Board to carry out this role."
17. ^ "NHRP – Natural Hazards Research Platform". Retrieved 10 March 2015. "NHRP – Natural Hazards Research Platform[:] A multi-party research platform funded by MBIE dedicated to increasing New Zealand's resilience to Natural Hazards via high quality collaborative research."
18. ^ "Strategic Science Investment Fund". mbie.govt.nz. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016. "Budget 2016 brings a number of investments into a single new Strategic Science Investment Fund (SSIF). [...] The fund will provide a mechanism for MBIE to initiate, evaluate and compare for effectiveness a range of different strategic science investments."
19. ^ "Unlocking Māori potential". www.mbie.govt.nz. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016. "The Vision Mātauranga policy unlocks the science and innovation potential of Māori knowledge, resources and people. [...] The former Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) developed this Vision Mātauranga policy. It remains the guiding policy for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment."
20. ^ "Crown entities and statutory boards | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
21. ^ "Our Ministers". Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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* Border Executive Board
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Organisations|

| Government Departments|

* Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
* Ministry of Science and Innovation (former)
* Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (former)
* Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (former)
* Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (former)

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Crown Entities|

| Crown Research Institutes|

* AgResearch
* Plant & Food Research
* ESR
* Scion
* GNS
* Landcare Research
* NIWA

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Research Universities|

* AUT
* Lincoln
* Massey
* Auckland
* Canterbury
* Otago
* Waikato
* Victoria

Other|

* Antarctica New Zealand
* Callaghan Innovation

Private and Commercial|

* Cawthron Institute
* Fonterra Research and Development Centre
* Kiwifruit Breeding Centre
* Livestock Improvement Corporation
* Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

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