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Reports on impact analysis requirements

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Content: Available reports Meeting Cabinet's impact analysis requirements: 2023 to Q1 2025 Meeting Cabinet's impact analysis requirements: Q2 2025 to Q4 2025 More information ... See the full requirements in the Cabinet Office circular CO (26) 2: Expectations for Good Law-making open_in_new See more information about Regulatory ...

Have your say through our new engagement hub

We’ve opened our engagement hub, where you can have your say on our current regulatory reviews.

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Content: our platform for feedback, and where we’ll publish our reports and findings on final review recommendations, and any other relevant review related information ... engagement, including thoughts on teacher ratios, consistency of advice from government agencies, the nonprofit vs profit ECE sectors and parent access to information ...

Early Childhood Education (ECE) regulatory review

The ECE regulatory review assessed whether the current set of regulations are achieving the right outcomes for early childhood education.

Regulatory reviews

Content: Engagement and consultation To support our information gathering for this review we engaged with those impacted by, and subject to, the early childhood ... feedback from parents, teachers, centre owners, child advocacy groups, unions, research bodies, and others connected to the sector, in addition to information ...

Big response to first regulatory review

We have received an overwhelming response in our call for feedback on our first regulatory review.

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Content: The information gathered during the engagement period will inform a Cabinet paper at the review’s conclusion. ...

Red Tape Tipline

Tell us about rules that are confusing, outdated, or getting in your way.

Content: We may contact you for more information if we need to clarify your issue or ask for more detail. This helps us understand the problem fully. ...

The state of New Zealand’s regulatory systems

This review reveals the structure and scale of regulation in New Zealand

Regulatory reviews

Content: It brings together information held across multiple agencies to show what regulation exists, how it is structured, and where regulatory responsibilities ...

Reducing red tape for industrial hemp

Outdated regulations holding back New Zealand’s industrial hemp sector will be replaced

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Content: More information Ministerial press release open_in_new Information Release: Addressing unnecessary regulatory burden on the hemp sector (3.4 MB, Pdf) Industrial ...

Meeting Cabinet’s impact analysis requirements

Our second report covers the period between 1 April and 30 September 2025

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Content: This analysis is set out in a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) and helps ensure Ministers have the information they need to make informed decisions. ...

New mapping reveals how regulation really works across New Zealand

The Ministry for Regulation has released the first comprehensive map of New Zealand’s regulatory landscape

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Content: The Ministry for Regulation has released the first comprehensive map of New Zealand’s regulatory landscape - bringing together information from across ... Until now, this information has been spread across agencies and datasets. ...

Helping regulators use AI with confidence

The Ministry for Regulation has released new guidance to support regulators to use artificial intelligence in a safe, practical way.

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Content: This includes tasks like working through large amounts of information, spotting patterns, and supporting more consistent decisions. ... More information AI guidance for regulators ...

Ministry for Regulation news – June 2026

Improving how regulation works in practice

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Content: It brings together information from across multiple sources and shows, for the first time, how regulation fits together. ...

Submissions on proposed contents of the Regulatory Standards Bill now closed

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Content: More information The Regulatory Standards Bill ...

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