Small Business and Manufacturing
The Minister of Small Business and Manufacturing is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.
The following lists are as accurate as possible at the time of publishing and may be updated or added to. This list includes papers received from the Minister’s reporting agency where the Minister is the main recipient. Papers received from other agencies, or where a paper has been referred to the Minister by another Minister, are not included in this list.
Titles of briefings that accompany responses to Official Information Act requests to the Minister are not included in this list.
Some information has been withheld for the following reasons:
- National security or defence
- Commercial information
- Confidentiality
- Likely otherwise to damage the public interest
- Confidential advice to Government
- Free and frank expression of opinion
- Legal professional privilege
- Negotiations
October 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004203 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
9 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004932 |
Meeting with Deloitte Access Economics |
9 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004894 |
PwC New Zealand – Private Business Leaders Connect |
10 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004090 |
Delivering the opening address of the Accountants & Tax Agents Institute workshop, 18 October 2024 |
11 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004365 |
Meeting with June McCabe, Chairman of Te Waka Pupuri Putea |
14 October |
MBIE |
| 2425-1093 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting Agenda, week commencing 14 October 2024 |
14 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0005028 |
Meeting with New Zealand Aluminium Smelter Executives |
17 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0005211 |
MCA Small Business Enabling Services – Operational Dashboard |
17 October |
MBIE |
| 2425-1094 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting Agenda, week commencing 21 October 2024 |
18 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002616 |
Visit to Christchurch – 25 October |
21 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0005542 |
Meeting with Katherine Rich, CE of Business New Zealand |
22 October |
MBIE |
| 2425-1095 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting Agenda, week commencing 28 October 2024 |
25 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0003115 |
Visit to Hamilton – Friday 1 November 2024 |
29 October |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0005834 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting, week commencing 4 November 2024 |
31 October |
MBIE |
September 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2425-0937 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
4 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-1042 |
Unlocking Business Connect’s potential |
4 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-0388 |
Meeting with Callaghan Innovation, 4 September |
5 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-1018 |
Regional Business Partners Network – Observation of Discovery Session between Mufftech and WellingtonNZ |
5 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-1008 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting Agenda, week commencing 9 September 2024 |
6 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-0722 |
Priorities for Small Business and Manufacturing |
9 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-1019 |
Regional Business Partners Network – Meeting with Bactosure |
11 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002809 |
APEC SME Ministerial Meeting |
12 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002787 |
MCA Small Business Enabling Services – Operational Dashboard |
12 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-1089 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting Agenda, week commencing 16 September 2024 |
12 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002937 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
16 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002808 |
Fog Cannon Subsidy Scheme Joint MBIE Police |
17 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002864 |
Westpac Smart Series Panel Event – eInvoicing |
18 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0003169 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
19 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002942 |
Visit to Invercargill |
20 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002814 |
Visit to Invercargill – 27 September |
20 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0003108 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
23 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0002950 |
Meeting with The Icehouse, 30 September |
23 September |
MBIE |
| 2425-1090 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Ministers meeting Agenda, week commencing 23 September 2024 |
23 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0003297 |
Visit Recorp 30 September 2024 |
24 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0003128 |
Meeting with Business Training stakeholders – 30 September |
25 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004065 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
26 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004186 |
Meeting with Dean Grandy, KPMG |
26 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0004088 |
Meeting with the Tāmaki Makaurau Business Network, 1 October 2024 |
27 September |
MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0003175 |
Blenheim visit – 3 October 2024 |
27 September |
MBIE |
August 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2425-0208 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report, week commencing 5 August 2024 |
5 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0579 |
Meeting and Tour of Nautech – 15 August |
7 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0209 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report, week commencing 12 August 2024 |
8 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0451 |
Development of the portal and business-friendly website |
8 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0522 |
Digital Boost transition – next steps |
8 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0663 |
Meeting with Venture Taranaki, 9 August |
8 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0675 |
Visit to Tauranga – 14 August |
12 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0694 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
14 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0210 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report, week commencing 19 August 2024 |
15 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0748 |
Upcoming meeting with the Digital Boost Alliance |
15 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0757 |
Meeting with Waste and Emission report authors, 20 August |
15 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0750 |
Meeting with Peter Crisp, NZTE, 28 August |
22 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0848 |
Meeting with BusinessNZ |
22 August |
MBIE |
| 2425-0963 |
Digital Boost – early contract termination |
29 August |
MBIE |
July 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2425-0205 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report, week commencing 15 July 2024 |
12 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0179 |
Visit to Hamilton – 18 July |
15 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0290 |
NZDIA Space and Innovation Event – 19 July |
15 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0287 |
BusinessNZ/EMA Business Compliance Roundtables |
16 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0300 |
BusinessNZ/EMA Business Compliance Roundtable - Meeting Auckland |
16 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0310 |
Meeting with Employers and Manufacturers Association, Friday 19 July 2024 |
18 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0359 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
18 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0206 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report, week commencing 22 July 2024 |
19 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0289 |
Meeting with KEA and Angel Investors |
19 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0327 |
Launching Emission Waste Mapping and Climate Action Toolbox Pathway |
19 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0371 |
Meeting with eInvoicing Adoption Leaders Group (eALG) – 05 August, 10 am |
19 July |
MBIE |
| 2324-4003 |
Manufacturing 2024 Priorities – business led delivery |
19 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0276 |
Regional Business Partners Contract Leads |
23 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0207 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report, week commencing 29 July 2024 |
25 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0463 |
Event Briefing: Business Compliance Roundtable Meeting Wellington |
29 July |
MBIE |
| 2425-0264 |
Visit to New Plymouth – 9 August |
30 July |
MBIE |
June 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-3615 |
Visit to Palmerston North 6 June |
4 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3784 |
Estimates Examination 2024-25 – Proposed Responses to Additional SWQ 114-137 – Small Business and Manufacturing |
13 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3563 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report for week commencing 17 June 2024 |
14 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3736 |
Closure of Advanced Technology Accelerator Programme |
14 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3894 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
19 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-2651 |
Meeting with the Restaurant Association |
19 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3564 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report for week commencing 24 June 2024 |
20 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3957 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
21 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3958 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
21 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-2736 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
25 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-3898 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
25 June |
MBIE |
| 2425-0120 |
eInvoicing advertising spend – advice on options |
26 June |
MBIE |
| 2324-4015 |
Implementation of Cyber Security training for Businesses |
27 June |
MBIE |
May 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-2651 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
2 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3113 |
Meeting with Paul Veric, IPromise |
2 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3217 |
The Australian Business Number – a quick comparison with the NZBN |
2 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-2854 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 13 May 2024 |
8 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3132 |
Meeting with Waikato Engineering Careers Association |
8 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-2855 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 20 May 2024 |
15 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3347 |
Meeting with Retail NZ, Thursday, 23 May 2024 |
15 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3299 |
NZ Hi-Tech Awards Trust – Hi-Tech Awards Gala Dinner |
15 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3416 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
21 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3480 |
Meeting with Whāriki, Friday, 24 May 2024 |
21 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3510 |
Meeting with Viv Beck, Heart of the City, 24 May 2024 |
21 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-2754 |
Speech at New Zealand Manufacturing Industry Conference |
22 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3486 |
Site Visit to the newly refurbished Outset Ventures Campus |
22 May |
MBIE |
| 2324-3590 |
Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government |
30 May |
MBIE |
April 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-2196 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 1 April 2024 |
2 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2592 |
Meeting with Nick Collins on 11 April |
4 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2824 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 8 April 2024 |
5 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2900 |
Meeting with Francis Green 10 April 2024 |
5 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2293 |
Six-monthly Performance Report to Ministers, July-December 2023: Small Business and Manufacturing Portfolio |
8 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2905 |
Speaking at the 2Degrees Auckland Business Awards |
8 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2696 |
Proactive release of Business Payment Practices Act Repeal Bill: Approval for Introduction |
9 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2783 |
Meeting with Dame Wendy Pye |
9 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2959 |
Small Business Workshop 12 April 2024, final papers |
10 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2850 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 15 April 2024 |
15 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-3007 |
Attending OECD’s Digital for SME (D4SME) High-level Roundtable |
16 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2040 |
2023/24 Supplementary and 2024/25 Main Estimates – Vote BSI – Small Business and Manufacturing |
18 April |
MIBE |
| 2324-2040 |
2023/24 Supplementary and 2024/25 Main Estimates – Vote BSI- Small Business Manufacturing |
18 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2851 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 22 April 2024 |
19 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-2852 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 29 April 2024 |
24 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-3068 |
Meeting with Jame Fuller, Hnry, 2 May 2024 |
24 April |
MBIE |
| 2324-3069 |
Meeting with Toni Truslove, KEA, 2 May 2024 |
24 April |
MBIE |
March 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-2192 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 4 March 2024 |
1 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2059 |
Minister Bayly Christchurch Trip – 13 March |
6 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2249 |
Manufacturing Productivity Advisory Group Meeting – 15 March |
8 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2414 |
Driving productivity: Cost and benefits of targeted accelerated depreciation on plant, machinery and technologies |
11 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2512 |
PWC SME Accelerator meeting |
14 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2549 |
Budget 2024 – Update on fiscal savings exercise |
13 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2512 |
PWC SME Accelerator meeting |
14 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2194 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 18 March 2024 |
15 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2520 |
Whakatane Mill Grand Opening – 21 March |
18 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2529 |
The New Zealand Business Number register’s Māori Business Identifier |
21 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2683 |
Budget 2024 – Update on the Independent Rapid Review |
22 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-1759 |
Minister Bayly Australia trip |
22 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-1550 |
The New Zealand Business Number – operational and policy changes |
28 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-2720 |
Meeting with eInvoicing Adoption Leaders Group (eALG) – 04 April, 10am |
28 March |
MBIE |
| 2324-1550 |
Proposed changes to the New Zealand Business Number Act |
28 March |
MBIE |
February 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-1819 |
Budget 2024: Small Business and Manufacturing portfolio |
2 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1924 |
Meeting with Gavin Lennox and Kirsty Reynolds |
2 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1932 |
Meeting with Simon Bridges, Friday 16 February 2024 |
2 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1917 |
Small Business Advisers – agreement to six-month extension for three expiring terms |
2 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1889 |
Meeting with Ministerial Manufacturing Reference Group |
2 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1703 |
Meeting with Dieter Adams from New Zealand Manufacturing and Exporters Association – 14 February |
7 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1695 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report for the week ending 8 February 2024 |
8 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1532 |
Bids for the 2024 Legislation Programme - Commerce and Consumer Affairs |
12 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1670 |
Meeting with Australian High Commissioner Ms Harinder Sidhu |
15 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1941 |
The New Zealand Business Number register’s Māori Business Identifier |
15 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1697 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report for the week ending 22 February 2024 |
19 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2113 |
Meeting with Dr Troy Coyle on 29 February |
21 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2211 |
Meeting with Suzannah Jessep, CEO Asia New Zealand Foundation; Nick Siu, Director Business (ANZF) – 6 March |
21 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2221 |
Minister Bayly Visit to The Foodbowl – 23 February |
22 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2191 |
Small Business and Manufacturing weekly report for week commencing 26 February 2024 |
23 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2208 |
Visit to Napier – Small Business and Manufacturing |
27 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2308 |
Meeting with Stephen Summers of BusinessNZ |
27 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2097 |
Meeting with Xero, Wednesday 6 March |
28 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-1075 |
Small Business Digitisation – 29 February 2024 |
28 February |
MBIE |
| 2324-2013 |
Digital Boost programme – programme next steps |
29 February |
MBIE |
January 2024
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-1521 |
Meeting with Victorian Shadow Minister for Industry and Manufacturing |
12 January |
MBIE |
| 2324-1441 |
Proactive Release of the Small Business and Manufacturing Briefing to Incoming Minister |
18 January |
MBIE |
| 2324-1671 |
Meeting with Interim Chair of the Board of Advanced Manufacturing Aotearoa |
24 January |
MBIE |
| 2324-1726 |
Independent assurance of government payment times |
29 January |
MBIE |
December 2023
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-1156 |
Manufacturing Reference Group |
1 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-0987 |
Small Business Advisors – Independent Advisory Function Next Steps |
4 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1046 |
Business Payment Practices Act – next steps |
4 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1020 |
Options to increase the impact of the government’s small business enabling digital infrastructure – NZBN, eInvoicing, Business Connect |
7 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1137 |
Weekly Report to Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing – week ending 8th December 2023 |
7 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1166 |
Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame Awards, Friday 8 December 2023 |
7 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1193 |
Initial advice on reducing government payment times |
7 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1278 |
Cabinet paper requesting the repeal of the Business Payment Practices Act 2023 |
7 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1276 |
Lifting New Zealand manufacturing productivity and performance – meeting with Brett O’Riley Chief Executive Employers and Manufacturers Association |
7 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1304 |
The Regional Business Partner programme |
8 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1255 |
Small business enabling services: Recommended approach to savings |
8 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1260 |
Meeting with Small Business Advisors 13 December 2023 |
11 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1521 |
Meeting with Victorian Shadow Minister for Industry and Manufacturing |
12 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1346 |
OECD Digital for SMEs (D4SME) Steering Group meeting,13 December 2023 |
13 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1301 |
Weekly report for week ending 14 December |
15 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1365 |
Meeting with Rachel Mackintosh – 18 December |
15 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1370 |
Meeting with Sarah Ramsay, CEO United Machinists – 20 December |
18 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1441 |
Proactive Release of the Small Business and Manufacturing Briefing to Incoming Minister |
18 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1383 |
Meeting with Minister Collins on 21 December 2023 |
19 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1374 |
Small Business and Manufacturing Weekly Report Ending 21 December 2023 |
21 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1671 |
Meeting with Interim Chair of the Board of Advanced Manufacturing Aotearoa |
24 December |
MBIE |
| 2324-1726 |
Independent assurance of government payment times |
29 December |
MBIE |
November 2023
| Tracking number |
Title |
Date received by Minister |
Author |
| 2324-0941 |
Briefing for the incoming Minister of Small Business |
27 November |
MBIE |
Last updated: 18 November 2024
