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New head of regulator pocket guide

29 October 2025 Top 10 tips from current and former heads of regulators. An Australian developed resource applicable in a New Zealand context.

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Quick Guide: Evidence informed regulatory practice

29 July 2025 Using evidence to guide regulatory decisions and improve outcomes.

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Quick Guide: The law and the judiciary

29 July 2025 How the law and judiciary relate to regulatory work in New Zealand.

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Quick Guide: Professional conduct

01 September 2024 An overview of the standards of behaviour that all regulators must meet.

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Who watches the watchdogs? Improving the performance, independence and accountability of UK regulators

01 February 2024 House of Lords report examines regulators’ remits, guidance quality, independence and how they are held to account

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Towards Best Practice: a guide for regulators

01 May 2022 Sets out 10 principles of regulatory practice and high-level approaches to help regulators manage harms and meet their objectives

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Ministry for Regulation YouTube channel

30 March 2022

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Regulatory failure: A review of the international academic literature

01 February 2022 A research paper that presents findings from a review of a broad scope of international academic literature on regulatory failure structured according to four broad perspectives on regulation: public interest theory, public choice theory, private interest theory, and institutional theories.