New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development

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The Ministry of Economic Development (Manatū Ōhanga in Māori) in New Zealand has an overarching goal of promoting the development of New Zealand's economy. However, it deals with policy in a wide range of different areas such as: energy, telecommunications and the radio spectrum, industry and regional development, intellectual property, consumer issues, tourism, international trade, and the regulatory environment.

[edit] Organisation

The Ministry's CEO is Geoff Dangerfield.

The Ministry includes the following sub-entities:

Business Registries Branch which manages the Companies Office;
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) [1];
New Zealand Insolvency Service [2];
Radio Spectrum Management [3];
Crown Minerals Group [4]; and
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise [5] which reports to both the Ministry of Economic Development and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Ministry is further divided into seven branches, each with its own Deputy secretary:

Economic Strategy - Lewis Holden;
Industry and Regional Development - Mark Steel (including the Ministry of Tourism) - Ray Salter;
Business Services - Neville Harris;
Competition, Trade & Investment - Andrew Jackson;
Effective Markets (including the Ministry of Consumer Affairs) - Liz MacPherson;
Energy & Communication - David Smol; and
Organisational Development and Support - Sue Gordon.

[edit] External links

Ministry website

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