5-479: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment ( abbr. 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. Formed on 1 July 2012, MBIE is a merger of the Department of Building and Housing (DBH) , the Department of Labour (DoL) ,
10-608: A secret intelligence unit focusing on immigration, intelligence and operational matters. It drew criticism from the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand for using tools from Israeli surveillance firm Cobwebs Technologies to scour the social media accounts of prospective immigrants. In April 2024, the Ministry chose not to renew its contract with Cobwebs for undisclosed reasons. By April 2024, MBIE had laid off 286 employees as part of Government cost cutting measures in
15-718: 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. On 14 July 2020, the Ministry assumed responsibility for running the New Zealand Government's COVID-19 managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) programme . The last four MIQ facilities closed in June 2022. In October 2023, RNZ reported that MBIE had
20-591: The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) , and the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) . The Ministry was responsible for the Pike River Recovery Agency from 31 January 2018 to 1 July 2022. 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,
25-569: The public sector. 111 resigned in the first wave of voluntary redundancies while 175 full-time roles were disestablished between December 2023 and March 2024. Senior Leadership The Ministry manages a number of operational services, including: The ministry is the monitor of the following Crown entities , Crown research institutes , statutory boards and non-listed companies. The Ministry serves 19 portfolios, 16 ministers and 2 parliamentary under-secretaries. Department of Building and Housing Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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