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1. 28 March 2025 - OIA Response - Evidence that current regulatory framework hampers productivity - R00863

   12 March 2026

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2. 24 April 2025 - OIA Response - Total FTE by ethnicity, job title and department - R00884

   12 March 2026

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3. 31 March 2025 - OIA Response - Red tape tipline issues by subject area - R00835

   12 March 2026

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4. 8 April 2025 - OIA Response - Advice on Reserve Bank's capital rules - R00872

   12 March 2026

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5. What does good regulatory decision making look like?

   01 May 2017 This article looks at some of the mechanics and principles behind decisions about design, review, implementation and operation of regulatory systems.

   

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6. Government expectations for good regulatory practice

   01 April 2017 This document divides the government’s high-level expectations of regulatory agencies into two topics: system design and ongoing system stewardship.

   

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7. Are regulated parties customers?

   01 November 2017 This article examines how regulators define regulated parties and align compliance with service delivery systems.

   

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8. Achieving compliance: A guide for compliance agencies in New Zealand

   17 July 2011 This document was developed by regulatory agencies to provide a shared idea of ‘what good looks like’ for design and operation of compliance systems.

   

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9. A rail tale

   01 November 2017 This article examines the background to change in rail safety regulation before looking at lessons learned from going through the operating model change needed to move from a prescriptive to a goal-based approach.

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10. Regulatory institutions and practices

    01 June 2014 This Productivity Commission report reviews New Zealand's regulatory infrastructure and how it can be optimised to deliver better wellbeing outcomes.

    

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11. Regulatory institutions and practices – Cut to the chase

    01 June 2014 A short summary of the full "Regulatory institutions and practices" Productivity Commission report.

    

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12. Legislation guidelines: 2021 edition

    21 September 2021 These Cabinet-endorsed guidelines are “the government’s key point of reference” on legislative design and quality.

    

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