Ministry for Primary Industries

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Ministry for Primary Industries
Māori : Manatū Ahu Matua
Jurisdiction Agriculture , biosecurity , food safety , rural communities , fishing , forestry
legal form Public Service Department
Headquarters Wellington
Establishment date 1972
minister Damien O'Connor , New Zealand Labor Party
Stuart Nash , New Zealand Labor Party
Shane Jones , New Zealand First
since October 26, 2017
Employee 2 580
As of June 30, 2017
budget NZ $ 502.858 million
as of June 30, 2017
Website : www.mpi.govt.nz
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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), in Māori Manatū Ahu Matua , is a ministry and Public Service Department in New Zealand responsible for agriculture , biosecurity , food safety , rural communities , fisheries and forestry .

history

There is probably no ministry in New Zealand that has undergone as many changes and reorganizations as the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Even though the authority has only existed as a ministry since 1972, its origins go back to the 1870s, when a so-called stock branch with around 30 sheep inspectors was opened in the then Department of Crown Lands . In 1877 responsibility for fishing was subordinated to the then Marine Department and in 1885 the newly created Department of Agriculture and Forestry was added to the Department of Crown Lands . But as early as 1892 agriculture was spun off and formed into an independent Department of Agriculture . In 1919 the Forestry Department was founded .

In 1972 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries was founded and in 1987 the Ministry of Forestry was founded . In 1995 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries was divided into two independent ministries and in 1998 the ministries for agriculture and forestry were merged to form the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF).

In 2002 the NZ Food Safety Authority was founded, which in 2010 was assigned to the MAF and in 2004 the Biosecurity NZ division was subordinated to the MAF. In 2011 the Ministry of Fisheries was integrated into the MAF and then renamed the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in 2012 .

Structure of the Ministry

As of June 30, 2017, the ministry had a total of 2580 employees, spread across offices at 70 different locations in the country and some overseas. As of 2018, the ministry was structured into eight different branches, which are as follows:

  • Strategy, performance and engagement - strategy, appearance and engagement
  • Policy and Trade - Laws, Regulations and Trade
  • Fisheries New Zealand - fishing
  • Operations (including Biosecurity New Zealand ) - workflows
  • Regulation & Assurance (including New Zealand Food Safety ) - Regulation and Insurance
  • Sector Partnerships and Programs - Sector partnerships and programs
  • Te Uru Rākau - Forestry
  • Corporate Services - Corporate Services

and four different business areas, such as:

  • Biosecurity New Zealand (part of Operations Branch )
  • Fisheries New Zealand
  • New Zealand Food Safety (part of Regulation & Assurance Branch )
  • Te Uru Rākau .

The four business areas were only created in 2018.

As of October 2017, the following ministers were responsible for the ministry:

literature

  • Annual Report 2016/17 . Ministry for Primary Industries , Wellington 2017 (English, Online [PDF; 6.6 MB ; accessed on October 8, 2018]).

Web links

  • Homepage . Ministry for Primary Industries,accessed October 8, 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ministers - MPI reports to 3 ministers across 6 portfolios . Ministry for Primary Industries , September 21, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Annual Report 2016/17 . 2017, p.  58 .
  3. ↑ Annual Report 2016/17 . 2017, p.  60 .
  4. ↑ Our story . Ministry for Primary Industries , September 10, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Our structure . Ministry for Primary Industries , October 8, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 .