Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (New Zealand)

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
Te Manatū Pūtaiao

Logo of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
Agency overview
Dissolved 2011
Superseding agency
Website http://www.morst.govt.nz/

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

Its main responsibilities were to:

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),[1] which took over the policy and investment functions of both agencies. MSI became fully operational on 1 February 2011,[2] 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

  1. "Launch of Ministry of Science and Innovation". beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  2. "New Ministry of Science and Innovation starts work". nbr.co.nz. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.


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