Supporting Government priorities
The Government is focused on increasing growth to achieve economic success and has identified 5 main pillars.
The Government is focused on increasing growth to achieve economic success and has identified 5 main pillars.
MBIE’s vision is to Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
We are the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Everything we do is about Growing Aotearoa New Zealand for all.
Foreword from Carolyn Tremain, Secretary for Business, Innovation and Employment and Chief Executive.
Economic growth is ultimately driven by business owners who take risks to invest in the growth of their company, creating jobs, higher incomes for New Zealanders and a stronger New Zealand economy.
Foreword from Hon Melissa Lee, Minister responsible for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Using new ideas, knowledge and technology to develop better ways of doing things helps the New Zealand economy grow. Having more businesses investing in technologies and innovation will create higher-paying jobs for New Zealanders and diversify the economy into new industries and markets.
Statements of responsibility from Hon Melissa Lee, Minister responsible for Minister responsible for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and Carolyn Tremain, Chief Executive for MBIE.
Poorly designed and over-burdensome regulation undermines investment and innovation. For a small economy like New Zealand, competition is everything.
Our organisational strategy, Te Ara Amiorangi, informs the way we work. Te Ara refers to a pathway and Amiorangi to successfully navigating for the future to Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
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