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RIS - Implementing changes to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 and making the Medium Density Residential Standards optional for councils

Issue Date: 27 January 2025 Author: Ministry for the Environment | Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Providing a consistent consenting pathway for quarrying and mining affecting significant natural areas, highly productive land and wetlands

Issue Date: 06 August 2025 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Our work / Regulatory Impact Statements (RISs)

Introducing our Senior Leadership Team

We are excited to introduce the newly appointed Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at the Ministry for Regulation.

Regulatory Impact Statement: Aquaculture Legislation Reform Paper: Undue Adverse Effects Test - Further options to provide a better balance between fishing and aquaculture

Issue Date: 27 May 2011 Author: Ministry of Fisheries

Impact Statement: Health and Safety at Work regulatory reform: Protecting people working with plant, structures, and doing hazardous work

Issue Date: 21 October 2021 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Regulatory Impact Assessment: Amending how excise and excise-equivalent duty is calculated, and making flavoured tobacco a prohibited import to stop tax evasion

Issue Date: 23 May 2022 Author: New Zealand Customs Service

Regulatory Impact Assessment: Impact Summary: Making permanent recent RMA changes to allow documents to be made accessible electronically, and hearings to use remote access facilities

Issue Date: 15 July 2020 Author: Ministry for the Environment

Connecting with BusinessNZ's Major Companies Group

Gráinne Moss, our CE, was invited to talk with BusinessNZ’s Major Companies Group yesterday.

About regulatory reviews

We want rules and regulations to enable New Zealanders to do more – to lead to a more productive use of people’s time, and better outcomes for all.

Regulatory reviews

Reflections from our summer interns

We asked our interns to reflect on their experiences. Here are some of their perspectives.

The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at the Ministry for Regulation hold a diverse range of skills, knowledge and extensive experience. They play a crucial role in guiding the Ministry as we shape the future of New Zealand’s regulatory landscape.

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