MBIE and the National Research Foundation of Korea have announced the 3 successful proposals to be funded under the 2025 Catalyst: Strategic New Zealand–Republic of Korea Joint Research Partnerships programme.
MBIE is investing up to $150,000 over 3 years to support a PhD project, developing space enabled maritime search and rescue capability, using synthetic aperture radar, with support from US partners.
In 2026, MBIE commissioned an independent review of New Zealand's approach to events to identify how this can become a more effective, coordinated and outcomes-focused system. This is an A3-sized summary of that report.
pdf, 122 KBMBIE has announced the 4 successful proposals for the 2025 Catalyst: Strategic investment under the New Zealand–China Strategic Research Alliance.
In 2026, MBIE commissioned an independent review of New Zealand's approach to events to identify how this can become a more effective, coordinated and outcomes-focused system. This is a detailed version of that report.
pdf, 2.3 MBKo tā Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao he haumi ake ki te Māori me ngā Iwi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, otirā ngā kairangahau aramahi-wawaenga, ki te whakarite me te whakakore i ō rātou aramahi rangahau i roto i te mahi pūtaiao, hangarau, pūhanga me te pāngarau (STEM). He kaupapa wā-poto tēnei, otirā ka whakarato i te $19.3 miriona (hāunga te GST) hei tautoko i te 20 Pūkenga pea, puta noa i te whā tau.
The Māori-determined extreme weather fund supports projects that connect hapū, marae and haptoral Māori with research, science and innovation system resources in their ongoing recovery to the 2023 North Island extreme weather events and in aid of their preparation for future extreme weather events.
The 2007 Tourism Flows Model aimed to help stakeholders understand the impact of tourism growth on publicly provided infrastructure.
The extreme weather science response funded time-bound, evidence-based science services and perishable research and data collection to address immediate needs and inform response decisions following the North Island extreme weather events in early 2023.
The Tourism Insight Series supports the sector with rich information and analysis of a range of tourism issues, such as infrastructure, and visitor dispersal and experience.
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