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Strategic Intentions 2024/25-2028/29

10 September 2024

Quick Guides to good regulatory practice

Our Quick Guides, created with subject matter experts across the public sector, explain the fundamentals of regulatory practice in New Zealand.

Next steps - Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review

The Government has announced the next steps from the Ministry for Regulation’s Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review.

Regulatory Impact Statement: Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Bill

Issue Date: 04 May 2010

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Information releases

Regulatory review announced for agricultural and horticultural products

Our second regulatory review will be of the approval process for agricultural and horticultural products.

Regulatory Impact Statement: Granny flats proposed building consent exemption

Issue Date: 01 May 2025 Author: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

A cut above: outdated hairdressing rules to be trimmed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.

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Regulatory Impact Statement: Proposal to progress an Order in Council to convert Te Wānanga o Raukawa to a non-Crown entity Wānanga

Issue Date: 27 November 2023 Author: Ministry of Education