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Submissions on proposed contents of the Regulatory Standards Bill now closed

Roadmap to a Registry Regime

25 June 2025 This tool supports a user to identify the elements of a successful registry regime, where it should be housed, the cost of the regime and how it should be funded. This tool can be used in conjunction with 'Guidance on creating a registry regime'.

Regulatory System Capability

We help regulatory leaders and practitioners across New Zealand build their capability.

What it says on the label

The Ministry for Regulation’s fifth review will be into product labelling.

News

Information releases

About us

Strategic Intentions published

Six months on from our establishment as a new Ministry, we’ve published our first Strategic Intentions.

Product labelling regulatory review

The Ministry for Regulation’s fifth review will be into product labelling.

Regulatory reviews

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.

Regulatory stewardship

We provide system leadership, set standards for good regulatory practice, and support agencies with their regulatory stewardship responsibilities.

Review finds multimillion dollar benefits possible for farmers and growers

The Government has accepted all recommendations from the Ministry for Regulation’s Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review.

Implementation support

Regulatory reviews / Regulatory Review Framework

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.