Research, science and technology, and Crown research institutes

Core agencies for consultation on research, science and technology, and Crown research institutes: Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (Treasury), Research, Science and Technology, Treasury

Other Agencies

Areas of Interest

Agriculture and Forestry

Agricultural and forestry research, genetic modification, biosecurity issues

Conservation

Conservation research, environmental research, genetic modification issues

Environment

Genetic modification issues

Economic Development

Business research and development issues

Education

Science graduates, researcher demand, environmental research

Fisheries

Fisheries research

Foreign Affairs and Trade

International linkages

Health

Overall research strategy, Crown Research Institutes (Health Research Council and Institute of Environmental Science and Research), regulatory framework (ethics, new technology)

Inland Revenue

Research and development taxation, use of the tax system as an intervention mechanism

Labour

Training/skills aspects

New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

Food and food safety issues

Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)

Research funding, Centres of Excellence, Maori research

Tertiary Education Commission

Implications for tertiary education organisations

Transport

Environmental transport research