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Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review: Economic Analysis Issues Paper

20 August 2024

Hairdressing and barbering industry regulatory review: Terms of Reference

12 December 2024

2024-092 Aide Memoire: progressing the Regulatory Standards Bill

09 December 2024

Quick Guide: Regulatory systems and stewardship

01 September 2024 The role of stewardship in governing, monitoring and caring for our regulatory systems.

Starting out with regulatory stewardship: A resource

01 December 2022 A resource for use by government agencies with regulatory stewardship responsibilities, for the purpose of improving the stewardship, and ultimately the performance, of a regulatory system.

Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review - full report

27 February 2025

Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review - Scenario analysis of economic impacts

27 February 2025

Disclosure of Chief Executive expenses - 1 March to 30 June 2024

30 July 2024

Cost Recovery Impact Statement: Recovering the costs of goods management

Issue Date: 25 June 2025 Author: New Zealand Customs Service | Ministry for Primary Industries

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A cut above: outdated hairdressing rules to be trimmed

Cabinet has agreed with the findings and recommendations from the Ministry for Regulation’s review into hairdressing and barbering regulations.