Election 2023 - Science and Research Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Link to
policy here
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- Significantly increase total investment in RS&T and reduce organisational complexity, transaction costs and overheads associated with funding decisions and research delivery.
- Introduce clear ethical investment guidelines for the Government's venture capital funds.
- Change the existing sector-focused and corporatised science model in Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) and universities into one that that enables crossdisciplinary research, focuses on public good and economic transformation, and is more enabling and empowering of science and innovation.
- Require environmental education and ethics to be parts of all scientific programs of study, including science education.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Judith Collins
Link to
policy here
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Judith Collins
- Update regulations to end the effective ban on genetic engineering (GE) and genetic modification (GM) in New Zealand.
- Establish a dedicated biotech regulator within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
- Streamline the approvals process for trials and use of non-GE/GM biotechnologies for emissions reduction and other purposes, with the biotech regulator tasked with reducing delays for the safe introduction of biotechnologies into New Zealand.
- Establish a Minister for Space to promote the aerospace industry and deliver a high-performing regulatory regime.
- Establish the Prime Minister's Space Prize to inspire young people to pursue aerospace careers.
- Focus on STEM education and rewrite the school curriculum to include specific requirements for teaching science.
- Welcome high-performing talent from around the world to contribute to the aerospace sector with fast-track visas and specialist skills visas with a pathway to residency
- Establish two dedicated testing zones for space and advanced aviation
- Improve government data procurement and sharing to optimise the use of satellite data across government agencies and reduce duplication.
- See more here
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Winston Peters
Link to
policy here
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Winston Peters
- Ensure a full scale, wide ranging, independent, one year inquiry conducted publicly with local and international experts, into how the Covid pandemic was handled in New Zealand.
- Review the CRI (Crown Research Institute) model to ensure primary scientists have the resources to give New Zealand a productive advantage over peer competitors focussed upon practical farm extension.
- Read more here
TOP
Spokesperson:
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Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
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