New Zealand publishes its first national AI strategy and rules out a standalone AI act
Concerns New Zealand AI Strategy (2025)
What changed?
MBIE released the Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and Responsible AI Guidance for Businesses, opting for a light-touch approach based on existing law and OECD principles.
What does it mean in practice?
Businesses in New Zealand should apply the responsible-AI guidance and privacy law; no new AI statute is planned.
Official source
New Zealand's Strategy for Artificial IntelligenceMBIE · 8 Jul 2025
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AIPolicyTracker (2026). “New Zealand publishes its first national AI strategy and rules out a standalone AI act”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-07-08-new-zealand-ai-strategy (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Cite the official text alongside it: New Zealand's Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, MBIE, https://www.mbie.govt.nz/business-and-employment/business/support-for-business/artificial-intelligence-strategy.
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