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$3 million invested in space science partnerships
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 12:25 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Six New Zealand research projects have received $500,000 each from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to fund the development of innovative space technologies including satellite control systems and ocean and coastal monitoring satellites. More >>
Labour Inspectorate continues to hold directors liable
Monday, 11 November 2019, 11:00 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered Satyam Limited, which was operating a convenience store in Dunedin, to pay $18,000 in penalties, and its director, Sunilkumar Dalpatbhai Mistry, to personally pay a further $9,000 in penalties for negligent ... More >>
New Zealand joins MethaneSAT climate mission in space
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 4:51 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
New Zealand has joined its first official space mission as a country to combat climate change and the mission control centre will be located in New Zealand. Today the Government announced it would contribute $26 million towards MethaneSAT, a state-of-the-art ... More >>
Resource Strategy plots path ahead for sector
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 2:29 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Government’s long term vision for the minerals and petroleum sector has been released today. More >>
Jobs Online quarterly report September 2019
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 1:10 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Online job advertisements increased by 0.3 per cent in the September 2019 quarter, compared to the June 2019 quarter’s fall of 1.4 per cent. The increase was the result of job advertisements over the September 2019 quarter in the Sales, Business ... More >>
Two members of the Commerce Commission appointed
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 11:04 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today confirmed the appointments of Dr Derek Johnston, and the reappointment of Elisabeth Welson, as members of the Commerce Commission. More >>
Christchurch restauranteurs penalised $120K
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 12:22 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Employment Relations Authority has ordered the Noori family and their business, Indian Heaven Ltd, to pay $118,799 in penalties for employment law breaches. More >>
Supporting refugees to settle in New Zealand
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 10:04 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is pleased to announce the appointment of three organisations to provide refugee settlement support services in five new locations from February 2020. The new settlement locations were announced ... More >>
Inexplicable and heinoustreatment of Hamilton employees
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 12:25 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Husband and wife, Paramjeet Singh Parihar and Kuldip Kaur Parihar, who owned two Super Liquor stores in Hamilton have been ordered by the Employment Court to pay a record $200,000 in penalties for serious employment law breaches. More >>
Unlicensed immigration adviser sentenced to home detention
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 2:55 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Timothy Joseph Spooner has been sentenced to four months home detention and ordered to pay $7050 reparation to victims following his guilty plea in May to five charges laid by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) for providing advice to immigrants ... More >>
Energy in New Zealand 2019 released
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 1:07 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The amount of electricity generated from non-renewable sources fell last year despite a rise in coal-fired generation to cope with a constrained gas supply according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s latest annual energy report. More >>
Approved satellite payloads - Kiwi space industry taking off
Friday, 11 October 2019, 1:14 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Approved satellite payloads show Kiwi space industry taking off The New Zealand Space Agency has today released information about satellite payloads approved for launch by Rocket Lab from its Mahia launch complex, showing the diverse range of ... More >>
MBIE welcomes findings of review
Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 3:03 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today welcomed the findings of an independent review of the process used by Immigration New Zealand (INZ) to prepare files for decision-makers who make residence deportation ... More >>
Failure to keep employment records proves costly
Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 1:57 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
An Otago business and its director must pay $82,500 for record-keeping breaches involving nearly 20 young workers, following a determination by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). More >>
Increasing public value through government procurement
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 11:09 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Government Procurement Rules 4th edition officially comes into force from today and will help to leverage spending and procurement planning across government agencies to achieve broader outcomes and increase public value. More >>
Tourism NZ's role in tourism system supported by findings
Monday, 30 September 2019, 10:13 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Tourism New Zealand is a successful, well-performing agency, world leader in destination marketing, says a report commissioned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. More >>
Consultation for Research, Science and Innovation Strategy
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 12:03 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has today opened consultation on the Government’s draft Research, Science and Innovation Strategy. More >>
Breaches of tenants’ trust and non-compliance costs landlord
Monday, 23 September 2019, 10:12 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Auckland landlord Rinal Kumar has been ordered to pay $24,754.08 by the Tenancy Tribunal for deliberately and knowingly failing to lodge tenancy bonds as a result of 33 applications brought by MBIE’s Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT). More >>
Dunedin business penalised nearly $54K
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 12:52 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered Groceryking.co.nz (2016) Limited, trading as Grocery King, in Dunedin, to pay $44,750 in penalties for 40 employment breaches and attempting to deceive the Labour Inspectorate. Director, Quing (Jade) ... More >>
Ezispeak to provide telephone interpreting services
Friday, 6 September 2019, 10:05 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A new supplier will soon be offering telephone interpreting services across the public sector, replacing Language Line, which closes when funding finishes on 30 September 2019. More >>
