New Zealand publishes its first national AI strategy and rules out a standalone AI act
Concerns New Zealand AI Strategy (2025)
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In brief
New Zealand publishes its first national AI strategy and rules out a standalone AI act. Recorded for New Zealand on 8 July 2025. It concerns New Zealand AI Strategy (2025). 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.
- Date
- 8 July 2025
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Instrument
- New Zealand AI Strategy (2025)
- Impact
- Routine
- Status afterwards
- Adopted
- Official source
- MBIE
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
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “New Zealand publishes its first national AI strategy and rules out a standalone AI act” [AIPT-CHG-0117, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0117 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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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.
BibTeX
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