Creating a better NZ through R&D tax credits

March 2018: "We want to create a better New Zealand where we are looking after our people, looking after our environment and we are planning for our future," says the Science Minister the Hon Dr Megan Woods.

The Minister met with a packed room of Independent Research Organisation representatives in Wellington on 21 March. She took the opportunity to outline the Government’s broad R&D strategy.

"The big thing in the science portfolio is the coalition agreement to lift R&D to 2% of GDP over a period of ten years. This won’t be all government investment in R&D; it obviously requires a substantial uplift in business investment in R&D as well." READ MORE >>

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