Agency Name: | Ministry of Research, Science and Technology |
Nativename R: | Te Manatū Pūtaiao |
Dissolved: | 2011 |
Superseding: | Ministry of Science and Innovation |
The Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (Maori: Te Manatū Pūtaiao) was a government agency within the New Zealand government.
Its main responsibilities were to:
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. MSI was then subsequently merged with other ministries into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).