Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (New Zealand)

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
Agency overview
Te Manatū Pūtaiao
Logo of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
Dissolved	2011
Superseding agency	Ministry of Science and Innovation
Website	www.morst.govt.nz

The Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (Māori: Te Manatū Pūtaiao) was a government agency within the New Zealand government.

Its main responsibilities were to:

Manage the Government's research, science and technology (RS&T) investment
Provide policy advice on RS&T issues
Encourage innovation and commercialisation of scientific and technological knowledge and ideas
Collaborate with other government organisations where RS&T intersects with their work.

The role of Chief Scientist for the Ministry was held by Don McGregor between 1992 and 1997. Initiatives through his tenure included a landmark assessment of the value of science in supporting land management in New Zealand.

In 2011 the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) was merged with the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology to create the new Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI), which took over the policy and investment functions of both agencies. MSI became fully operational on 1 February 2011, at which point MoRST and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology were disestablished. MSI was then subsequently merged with other ministries into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

References

MoRST, 1995. Science for Sustainable Land Management, Report by the Strategic Consultative Committee on Sustainable Land Management Research, Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, ISBN 0478 061145.
"Launch of Ministry of Science and Innovation". beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
"New Ministry of Science and Innovation starts work". nbr.co.nz. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

Science and research in New Zealand

Organisations

Government departments

Crown entities

Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)	AgResearch ESR GNS HortResearch (former) Industrial Research Limited (former) Crop & Food Research (former) Landcare Research NIWA Plant & Food Research Scion
Research universities	AUT Lincoln Massey Auckland Canterbury Otago Waikato Victoria
Tertiary education institutions (TEIs)	Te Pūkenga (16 subsidiary institutions)
Other	AsureQuality Antarctica New Zealand Callaghan Innovation

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v t e New Zealand public service departments
Part of the public sector organisations in New Zealand
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Departmental agencies	Cancer Control Agency Independent Children's Monitor National Emergency Management Agency Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People Ministry for Ethnic Communities Office for Māori Crown Relations–Te Arawhiti Social Investment Agency
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