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Our role

Our role is to strengthen New Zealand’s Regulatory Management System and to improve regulatory quality, including the experience that New Zealanders have of complying with regulation.

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Quick guides to good regulatory practice

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Regulatory sector review into early childhood education announced

Regulation Minister David Seymour has confirmed the first regulatory sector review will be into early childhood education.

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Content: We’ll use a range of engagement methods to gather information for the review, focusing on where rules and regulations result in bad outcomes. ...

Our progress continues

Since our official set-up on 1 March 2024, the Ministry for Regulation has made considerable progress in its development and operational capacity.

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Content: Our Careers Hub provides information on: current job vacancies registering your interest in future opportunities managing your candidate profile. ...

Pre-review

Regulatory reviews / Regulatory Review Framework

Content: review topic The Ministry will engage with regulated parties, the responsible policy agency and/or the regulator and pull together the following information ...

Delivering $223–$337 million in value for Kiwis

$223–$337 million in benefits. That’s the impact of smarter regulation.

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Content: To see the full table of figures and list of caveats and assumptions visit our new Delivering value for Kiwis page More information: ...

AI in action - Guidance

Practical steps for regulators leading AI innovation with confidence

For regulators / Resources for regulators / AI guidance for regulators

The Regulatory Standards Act

For agencies

Content: Find out more about the Regulatory Standards Board More information Answers to common questions about the Act and the requirements ...

Clarifying ECE licensing misconception to make things easier

We initiated our first regulatory review into early childhood education (ECE) in June this year.

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Content: Ministry of Education: Licensing criteria open_in_new Clarifying this information should make things easier for teachers and ECE providers, while ensuring ...

Review delivery

Regulatory reviews / Regulatory Review Framework

Content: . • Collect a wide range of information, including data, real-world experiences, and frontline insights. ...

AI in action - Bite-sized guides

Short, practical modules designed to build shared understanding of AI risks, judgement and oversight in regulatory work.

For regulators / Resources for regulators / AI guidance for regulators

Content: Guidance for the Public Service: GenAI open_in_new Public Service AI Framework | NZ Digital Government open_in_new Artificial intelligence and the Information ...

Reviewing red tape tips

This page explains how we review tips that are submitted through the Red Tape Tipline.

Red Tape Tipline

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