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Regulatory Impact Statement: Establishing self-certification schemes for simple residential building work

Issue Date: 03 July 2025 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Early Childhood Education (ECE) regulatory sector review

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

Agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review

This review is assessing whether the current approval path maintains an appropriate balance between access to these products and managing risk.

Regulatory Impact Statement: Scope of independent review function and application of review fees

Issue Date: 03 July 2025 Author: Ministry of Transport

Cutting red tape for small detached buildings

Our work / What we've done

Red tape submissions summary report – 2024/25 Quarter 2 (October – December 2024)

19 March 2025 This summary reports quarterly on the regulatory issues New Zealanders consider to be getting in the way of their lives and businesses. This report is the first in this series.

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Regulatory reviews

We help other government agencies improve the quality of the rules and regulations they create – and in turn help improve outcomes, and the lives of all New Zealanders.

Ministry for Regulation

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Regulatory Impact Statement: Allocation of dairy export quota

Issue Date: 17 July 2025 Author: Ministry for Primary Industries

Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

MFR2025-094 Regulatory Standards Bill Material to support discussions with Ministers

29 July 2025

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