With changes across the science, innovation and technology system well underway, and our product transfers to MBIE complete, we’re now preparing our remaining services for their move to the new Public Research Organisations (PROs).
This next phase is where some of our most technical, specialised, and longstanding capabilities will join new organisations designed to bring researchers, technologists and industry support much closer together.
As the transition progresses, we want to assure you that our remaining services remain fully operational. Preparations for the move to the new PROs is taking place alongside our day-to-day work, with no impact on our customers. Our teams continue to deliver projects, support customers, and take on new work without interruptions.
Who’s preparing to move?
As we work through the last stage of transitions, the services preparing to move include those that play a key role in New Zealand’s science and innovation landscape:
- Biotechnologies Group
- Health Tech Activator (HTA)
- Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)
- New Zealand Food Innovation Network (NZFIN)
- New Zealand Product Accelerator (NZPA)
While these groups work across a wide range of areas, they all share deep technical capability, strong industry connections, and long‑standing customer partnerships. Those strengths will move with them into the new PROs.
A connected future
One of the opportunities the new PRO model brings is the ability to connect capabilities that have traditionally lived in separate organisations. Our teams are already thinking ahead to how their expertise will be used alongside new facilities, new scientific networks, and new research pipelines.
For some, it’s the chance to be part of larger, more integrated programmes of work. For others, it’s the ability to collaborate more easily across disciplines that used to sit in different CRIs or agencies. And for many, it’s simply the opportunity to access more tools, more colleagues, and more ways to support innovation in Aotearoa.
What this means right now
As transition planning continues, it’s business as usual for customers. Services remain available, current projects are moving forward, we’re accepting new enquiries, and customers continue to work with the same people they’re familiar with. We’ll keep you updated as timelines and details are confirmed across each PRO.
Where to find the latest information
Our Disestablishment Updates page remains the most up to date source for service availability, transfer pathways, and what’s coming next.
