28th February 2024 Immigration NZ / MBIEImmigration New Zealand’s administration of its Accredited Employer Work Visa failed to address exploitation concerns, a review has found.
2nd February 2024 MBIEThe ministry says NZ lags behind many other countries in implementing charges on visitors to align tourism costs and benefits.
18th January 2024 Data / MBIEA user survey is being prepared for tourism stakeholders to help assess the Monthly Unique Regional Population Estimates.
12th June 2023 Innovation / MBIEThe final closing date for Stream 2 applications under the Innovation Programme for Tourism Recovery has been extended by just over six weeks to 15 December 2023 from its initial 31 October deadline.
3rd April 2023 MBIE / RegulationOperators have just over a week to submit on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s draft amendments to the Health and Safety at Work (Adventure Activities) regulations.
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27th June 2022 Data / MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has launched a new data resource tracking tourism recovery from Covid-19.
23rd June 2022 IVS / MBIEThe revised questionnaire includes a stronger focus on sustainability, new information needs due to COVID-19, and meeting new expenditure data requirements by Stats NZ.
8th June 2022 IVS / MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment plans to restart the International Visitor Survey in July 2022.
27th May 2022 MBIE / SurveyStaff in tourism and hospitality are being encouraged to share their voices about what it is really like working in the industry.
13th April 2022 MBIE / TravelSome 50,000 Kiwis could choose to emigrate over the next year as borders reopen, according to a report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
31st January 2022 MBIE / PeopleHeather Kirkham has been appointed to the role of general manager of tourism at MBIE.
21st January 2022 Data / MBIEThe group will consist of a maximum of nine core members and two independent co-chairs.
4th November 2021 Funding / MBIEKānoa has approved 100 tourism-related projects with $408m committed.
7th October 2021 Adventure / MBIEMoves to bring in tougher safety standards and higher costs are forcing operators to consider their viability.
28th September 2021 Air NZ / MBIEAir New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are partnering to run a closed proposal process to test the commercial feasibility of operating a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant in New Zealand.
30th August 2021 Covid-19 / MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has opened the Business Travel Register for businesses needing to send workers to the Auckland and Northland regions after other regions drop to alert level 3 on Tuesday night.
6th August 2021 Freedom Camping / MBIEBuilding a tourism system that maximizes the wellbeing of everyone is something that should be hammered out while international borders are closed, says MBIE’s tourism director Karl Woodhead.
1st July 2021 Data / MBIEMBIE hopes to include more information from local governments going forward.
17th June 2021 Data / MBIEProgress is finally being made in what could be a “genuine partnership” between government and industry.
14th June 2021 Government / MBIE / TravelThe $47m scheme was previously due to end on 30 June.
23rd April 2021 Freedom Camping / MBIESubmissions on new freedom camping proposals due 16 May.
8th March 2021 MBIE / STAPPThe ministry appears to have provided advice to ministers on only two of the three tourism businesses.
4th March 2021 MBIE / MIQThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says it will increase managed isolation and quarantine fees from 25 March for temporary entry visa holders.
9th February 2021 Employment / MBIEEmployers can receive a $350 payment from the Government if their employees cannot work from home while awaiting a Covid-19 test result.
4th February 2021 Events / MBIEInvestment plans for the government’s $50m Regional Events Fund have been signed off, with nine International Marketing Alliances across the country now ploughing ahead with proposals.
1st February 2021 Employment / MBIEVaccination against Covid-19 would not be mandatory for the New Zealand public.
8th April 2020 Data / MBIEThe Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates will not be published next week, says MBIE.
13th March 2020 Data / MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said the reduction of visitors caused by Covid-19 has the potential to impact the accuracy of some of its key tourism statistics.
26th September 2019 DOC / IVL / MBIEOperators Grant Webster, Verity Webber, Kauahi Ngapora, and Dr Gerry McSweeney will help decide how funds from the visitor levy will be deployed.
16th May 2019 Forecast / MBIE / TRENZThe ministry’s New Zealand Tourism Forecasts for 2019 – 2025 put visitor arrival growth at 4% per annum to hit 5.1m visitors in 2025.
15th April 2019 MBIE / TNZMBIE has launched a review of the agency to help address the sector’s struggle with growth.
15th April 2019 MBIE / TNZMBIE has appointed a high-powered panel of three individuals to consider Tourism New Zealand’s future.
5th March 2019 Data / MBIEA high-level working group drawn from New Zealand’s $558m business events sector has stepped into the breach following the government’s surprise withdrawal of support for the Business Events Research Programme.
26th July 2018 HPNZ / MBIEThe govt is considering changes to the way it engages with industry, says MBIE tourism boss Iain Cossar.
18th February 2018 MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment is to hold industry workshops to help inform its 2018 Tourism Data Domain Plan.
15th February 2018 MBIERichard Davies has been appointed manager of tourism policy at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
31st January 2018 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZMBIE has come under fire from tourism leaders after wiping $910m off international tourist spending.
30th January 2018 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZThe terms of reference for Stats NZ’s review of MBIE’s International Visitor Survey have been released.
22nd December 2017 America's Cup / MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has slashed its estimate of the benefit from hosting the America’s Cup after errors in its original assessment were corrected.
15th December 2017 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZ / TSAAn economist with detailed knowledge of MBIE’s tourism data collection has come out criticising it as “next to useless” after this week’s Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) showed a fall in international tourism spend.
28th November 2017 America's Cup / MBIEIn reply to concerns raised by the Ticker over the accuracy of its America’s Cup Economic Assessment Evaluation and the treatment of its Cost Benefit Analysis, MBIE’s General Manager Tourism, Sectors, Regions and Cities, Iain Cossar, replies.
29th September 2017 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZMBIE is to have its top tourism data collection, the Tier 1 International Visitor Survey, reviewed by Stats NZ because of concerns over its accuracy.
30th August 2017 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZStats NZ has begun an investigation into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s International Visitor Survey
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