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Guidance on creating a registry regime

25 June 2025

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Ministry for Regulation news – July 2025

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Responsive regulation in practice

01 July 2020 Professor van der Heijden uses a review of research and literature to discuss the key concepts behind the idea of responsive regulation.

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Ministry for Regulation news March 2025

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The Regulatory Management System

New Zealand's RMS is the set of policies, institutions, processes and tools used by central government to pursue and maintain good quality regulation.

Achieving compliance: A guide for compliance agencies in New Zealand

17 July 2011 This document was developed by regulatory agencies to provide a shared idea of ‘what good looks like’ for design and operation of compliance systems.

What regulatory system governance is and why it’s important: Guidance in a nutshell

27 July 2021 A 'what good looks like' description of the functions of regulatory system governance and the kinds of tools and roles associated to these functions.

Regulatory stewardship

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

Flour dust standards in bakeries

Disclosure statements for government legislation: Technical guide for departments

01 June 2013 This guidance document sets out the disclosure requirements in detail, and provides further advice on interpreting and responding to each matter for which a disclosure is required.