Manufacturing, exporting, employment, support and advocacy | New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (MEA)


Manufacturing, exporting, employment, support and advocacy | New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (MEA)
Manufacturing, exporting, employment, support and advocacy | New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (MEA)


Agenda For Change
It is clear that the tradeable sector gets little policy consideration from policy makers. In February 2008 we surveyed manufacturers and exporters and the results of the that survey were captured in a letter to all political parties in New Zealand. That letter is linked below. We will be listing on this page the responses we receive in regard to that letter.

One way or another the overall performance of our economy will be underwritten by the performance of our tradeable sector: primary, processed primary and elaborate transformation all have a role to play in that future, policy has a major influence on the viability of our manufacturers and exporters. We have not done much of a job to date, we need an agenda for change for tradeables to grow and prosper.

Title Date
Response from NZ First 24 Oct 2008
Response from NZ First to follow up letter 1 Oct 2008
Response from United Futures to follow up letter 30 Sep 2008
Response from ACT to follow up letter 30 Sep 2008
Response from the Greens to follow up letter 26 Sep 2008
Rt Hon Winston Peters address to the 129th AGM of the NZMEA 11 Aug 2008
Review all the Political Parties Policy Statements - scroll down the links page to 'Political' 1 Aug 2008
NZMEA reply to the Labour Party Letter 14 Jul 2008
NZMEA reply to the National Party Letter 1 Jul 2008
NZMEA reply to the Green Party Letter 1 Jul 2008
NZMEA reply to the Maori Party Letter 1 Jul 2008
Response from the Labour Party 30 Jun 2008
Response from the Maori Party 23 Jun 2008
Letters of acknowledgement of receipt from all parties 19 Jun 2008
Response from the National Party 17 Jun 2008
Response from the Green Party 2 Jun 2008
NZMEA letter to leaders of all Political Parties 14 May 2008