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.[1]

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),[2] which took over the policy and investment functions of both agencies. MSI became fully operational on 1 February 2011,[3] at which point MoRST and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology were disestablished.[citation needed] MSI was then subsequently merged with other ministries into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

References

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



Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Research,_Science_and_Technology_(New_Zealand)
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