Biotechnology
New Zealand’s ability to add value to agricultural products by applying biological knowledge has led to world-leading capabilities in the fields of agricultural technology, animal health, food technology, and human health including medical devices.
Creative
New Zealand’s creative industries create knowledge, goods and services across several fields, including screen production, television, music, design, fashion, publishing, textiles and digital content.
Information and communication technologies
New Zealand’s information and communication technologies (ICT) industry includes areas as diverse as wireless infrastructure, health IT, digital content, payments, geospatial, telecommunications and agricultural technology.
Food and beverage
The food and beverage industry is the lynchpin of New Zealand’s prosperity. It is the country’s largest manufacturing sector by total output through its contribution to a positive trade balance and the value of its exports.
Specialised manufacturing
New Zealand’s manufacturers create goods and services in a number of specialist fields, including aviation, clean technology, defence, heavy and light engineering, marine, and plastics, composites and metals.
Wood, building and interiors
Forestry and wood processing are among New Zealand's largest industries, worth approximately $4.5 billion in output per year. In the year to 30 June 2008, exports of sawn timber, logs, chips and pulp totalled $2.89 billion, making up approximately 5.5 percent of New Zealand’s total merchandise exports.
Education
New Zealand’s education industry includes training, consultancy and research services. Education providers in this country have established competitive advantages in overseas markets in a number of different fields of study, including agriculture, aviation, education system development, and tourism and hospitality.
Consultancy services
New Zealand’s consultancy expertise has grown from the country’s strong background in research, innovation and reform. The deregulation of the 1980s gave impetus to a consulting industry dedicated to helping New Zealand’s commercial and social environment adapt to the type of change that is now becoming a way of life for other economies.
Tourism
New Zealand’s tourism industry generates goods and services to meet the needs of the 2.4 million visitors who arrive in New Zealand each year. The industry is New Zealand’s biggest export earner and draws on the country’s culture, natural beauty and varied landscapes to develop unique visitor experiences and build our reputation internationally.
