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The Ministry develops policy to help industry sectors achieve economic success. It also designs (and monitors implementation of) NZTE programmes to improve the competitiveness of New Zealand business sectors. Given the potential impact of export performance on economic growth, this includes policy and programmes to build global connections and help sectors develop the capability to exploit global opportunities.

Our Sector Development Team focuses on developing policy on government engagement with industry sectors as a mechanism for identifying and addressing issues that are common to firms in these sectors. It works closely with NZTE and other parts of government on the implementation of this policy.

• Internationalisation and Investment New Zealand
  Attracting overseas investment into New Zealand is one part of a strategy to integrate New Zealand firms into overseas networks and value chains. This is called internationalisation.
• Buy Kiwi Made
  The latest Buy Kiwi Made documents can now be found on the Buy Kiwi Made website.
• Evaluation of Industry Development Programmes
  The Ministry regularly evaluates all government industry and regional development programmes for both efficiency and effectiveness.
• Expenditure Review of Business Assistance Programmes
  The Ministry of Economic Development has led a cross agency review of business assistance programmes aimed at identifying opportunities to improve performance and value for money from government expenditure.
• Firm-Level Manufacturing Export Study  [ Published 26 October 2005 ]
  This 2002 report provides an update on the state of manufacturing exports both from the point of view of aggregate statistics and also from the collective view of 30 significant manufacturing export companies
• Sector Engagement
  Sector Engagement has been a feature of the government's approach to economic development since January 2001.
• Review of Economic, Industry and Regional Development Policies and Programmes
  This stocktake is part of the evaluation process by the Ministry of Economic Development designed to determine if the government's business assistance programmes delivered by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise are effective.
• Impact of Culture upon Innovation and Enterprise
  The Ministry is interested in understanding the links between culture and economic performance. Work in this area began with a preliminary investigation into the theory of cultural evolution, and is ongonig in 2004/2005.
• Emergency Management - Business Continuity
  Includes information to assist businesses, including infrastructure providers, to plan for an influenza pandemic.
• Archive
  Industry Development topics which are no longer current can be found in the archive section. These documents may no longer be updated or contain the most current information but are still provided for your reference.

Within the Ministry

The Industry and Regional Development Branch is responsible for putting in place the strategies and organisational structure required to position the Ministry of Economic Development to:

• Advise the Government in economic, industry and regional development matters
• Oversee implementation of new policy initiatives, including New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (the New Zealand Government's trade and economic development agency) and new business development initiatives
• Provide close support to the Minister in a wide and varying range of policy issues