• Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2025

        Critical Minerals List for New Zealand

        In January 2025, the Government of New Zealand finalised and released its first Critical Minerals List, identifying minerals essential to New Zealand’s economy and technological needs, including clean energy and international trade. The complete list of critical minerals, listed in alphabetical order, is as follows:Aggregate & SandAluminiumAntimonyArsenicBerylliumBismuthBoronCesiumChromiumCobaltCopperFluorsparGalliumGermaniumGoldGraphiteIndiumMagnesiumManganeseMetallurgical coalMolybdenumNickelNiobiumPhosphatePlatinum Group MetalsPotassium (Potash)Rare Earth ElementsRubidiumSeleniumSiliconStrontiumTelluriumTitaniumTungstenVanadiumZincZirconium

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2025

        Minerals Strategy for New Zealand to 2040

        …management and economic opportunities. Responsible Development: Minerals production must protect the environment, ensure worker health and safety, and consider impacts on regional communities, including strong rehabilitation and risk‑mitigation standards.The Strategy sets out three desired outcomes: Productive:  A more efficient regulatory system, increased innovation, investment attraction, and undertaking domestic processing prior to export, supporting sector growth and national prosperity.Valued:  Improved public understanding of mineral resources and sector performance, supported by better data on mineral potential, production and use.Resilient:  Development of critical minerals and strengthened international partnerships to reduce supply chain risks for New Zealand and its trading partners.

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2019

        Green paper on hydrogen in New Zealand

        The green paper outlines New Zealand’s strategy to leverage hydrogen as a key component in transitioning to a low-emissions economy. It emphasizes the production of green hydrogen using the country’s abundant renewable energy resources, aiming to decarbonize various sectors such as transport, industry, and energy. The goals include achieving 100% renewable electricity by 2035, creating new jobs, enhancing energy security, and positioning New Zealand as a leader in hydrogen technology and exports.

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2025

        Minerals Strategy for New Zealand and Critical Minerals List

        …out to 2040, focusing New Zealand’s approach to the development of our minerals estate, with a delivery roadmap to get us there. It outlines actions that will be taken to position the minerals sector to deliver for New Zealanders, focused on three key outcomes of productivity, value, and resilience. The Strategy is guided by overarching principles to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and responsible practices.There are 37 minerals included on the Critical Minerals List, which identifies minerals that are essential to New Zealand’s economy. New Zealand has the potential to produce 21 of these, which will…

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2010

        ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)

        The Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) gradually came into force :January 2010: in Australia, New Zealand (Agreement supplemented by the existing Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement), Brunei, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore (supplemented by existing Singapore-Australia FTA), and VietnamMarch 2010: in Thailand (Agreement supplemented by existing Thailand-Australia FTA)January 2011: in Laos, CambodiaJanuary 2012: in IndonesiaThe Agreement eliminates or reduces border tariffs on: Electric generation equipment Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances and other advanced machineryElectric motors, transformers, batteries and capacitorsMotor vehicles and vehicle parts (except for motor vehicle imports into…

        • Policy

        • Chinese Taipei

        • 2013

        Chinese Taipei- New Zealand Agreement on Economic Cooperation

        The Agreement between New Zealand and Chinese Taipei entered into force in 2013. It provides for the gradual elimination of border tariffs by 2025, including for minerals, hydrocarbons, metals, reactors, semiconductors and automobile parts.Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement  provide that preferential tariff treatment may be granted to products wholly obtained or having undergone a sufficient production process in one of the signatories countries.The Agreement is to be reviewed within two years of entry into force and every three years thereafter. 

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2001

        Agreement Between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership (ANZSCEP)

        The Agreement Between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership entered into force in January 2001, and its Upgraded Protocol in January 2020.  It provides for the elimination of border tariffs for most industrial products across HS sectors 25 through 97, including : Electric motors, turbines and generators; Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; Motor vehicles; Mineral ore, slag and ash; Mineral fuels, oils and other products; Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; Rule of origins apply to qualify for the preferential tariff…

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2016

        Warm up New Zealand: Healthy Homes Extension for Rentals Programme

        In 2016 the Government allocated $18 million over two years for an extension of the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes programme specifically focused on rental properties. The extension provided new funding to deliver insulation to low-income rental households with high health needs (particularly households occupied by children and/or the elderly as they are at the highest health risk from cold and damp housing). This phase, WUNZ: Healthy Homes (extension) (WUNZ: HH - extension) ran from 2016 until 30 June 2018. When this phase launched it was available for owners of rental properties only, occupied by low income tenants…

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2013

        Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes

        In May 2013 the Government announced an investment of $100 million to insulate 46,000 homes in a new three-year insulation programme delivering warmer, drier and healthier homes to communities in most need. The programme targetted low-income households, particularly those with high health needs - which includes children, the elderly, and people at risk of cold-related illness. Unlike its predecessor, Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart, the programme did not provide any funding to general income households, or for clean heating devices. The Government's investment of up to 60% of the cost of a house's insulation…

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2009

        Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart

        This programme ended in September 2013. Until then, Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart was the Government principal energy efficiency programme in the residential sector for four years. The programme provided consumers with information on home insulation, grants for the installation of energy efficiency measures (through subsidies for ceiling and underfloor insulation installed through approved service providers), and clean heating devices - in homes built prior to 2000. The scheme paid - without income restriction - one-third of the cost of installing ceiling and under-floor insulation up to a maximum of NZ$1,300. People on lower incomes were eligible for up…

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