Resources for regulators

Quick Guide: Evidence informed regulatory practice

29 July 2025 Using evidence to guide regulatory decisions and improve outcomes.

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Quick Guide: Investigations and evidence

29 July 2025 Key steps and principles for effective regulatory investigations.

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Quick Guide: Regulatory approaches, models and tools

29 July 2025 An overview of regulatory approaches, models and tools, and why regulators need them.

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Quick Guide: The law and the judiciary

29 July 2025 How the law and judiciary relate to regulatory work in New Zealand.

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Guidance on creating a registry regime

25 June 2025

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Roadmap to a Registry Regime

25 June 2025

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Key changes to Cabinet’s impact analysis requirements in Cabinet Office circular CO (24) 7

14 February 2025 This document provides guidance and FAQs about the changes to Cabinet’s impact analysis requirements.

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Guide to Cabinet's impact analysis requirements

20 December 2024 This guide explains how to meet Cabinet's impact analysis requirements for government regulatory proposals.

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Guidance note: Discussion documents and the Regulatory Impact Analysis requirements

20 December 2024 This guidance sets out process requirements for agencies where a discussion document functions as interim Regulatory Impact Analysis.

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Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) template

20 December 2024 The standard RIS template for government regulatory proposals.

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Quick Guide: Regulation in New Zealand

01 September 2024 Key concepts and terms that underpin regulatory practice in New Zealand.

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Quick Guide: Regulatory compliance activities

01 September 2024 A look at regulatory compliance activities that regulators use – and when to use them.

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