New Zealand
Strategy
Growing innovative industries in New Zealand: from the knowledge wave to the digital age
This plan describes how the New Zealand Government intends to grow innovative industries, as part of its new, sector-led approach to growing industry innovation and boosting productivity.
Report
Plastics in the environment
There is growing concern about the use of plastics and their effects on the environment and human health. This document sets out how plastics are made, used and disposed of. It also covers how plastics enter the environment and the risks plastics pose to New Zealand and provides some suggestions for reducing plastic pollution.
Report
Adaptation to sea-level rise: Local government liability issues
This paper addresses the legal frameworks and rules about what local and regional councils in New Zealand can and cannot do to adapt to the coastal hazards associated with sea-level rise and climate change.
Fact sheet
The policy quality framework: quality standards for written policy and other advice
This framework defines standards for written policy and advice across four areas: context, analysis, advice and action. It helps agencies assess quality and ensure advice is fit for purpose. While focused on written products, oral advice should reflect the same principles, even if not all details apply.
Strategy
Strategy to prevent and minimise gambling harm 2019/20 to 2021/22
This strategy sets out the Ministry of Health’s approach to and budget for funding and coordinating services to prevent and minimise gambling harm during the three year period starting 1 July 2019.