Review of New Zealands Minerals Royalty Regime

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RFx ID: 33077335 Organisation: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Open date: Monday, 24 November 2025 9:00 AM +13:00 Close date: Friday, 16 January 2026 5:00 PM +13:00 Categories: 11100000 - Minerals and ores and metals Region: Auckland Bay of Plenty Canterbury Chatham Islands Gisborne Hawke's Bay Manawatu-Wanganui Marlborough Nelson Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Tasman Waikato Wellington West Coast Overview: Kia ora, MBIE is looking for a supplier to produce an economic report and modelling to inform a review of the regime for royalties for minerals (other than petroleum). A summary of our requirements, elaborated in more detail later, is for the provision of a report and modelling that provides: • An evaluation of the effective government take (including royalties, levies, taxes and fees charged by a full range of regulators) from New Zealand’s mineral (other than petroleum) sector compared to other jurisdictions and a recommended target take. • Analysis on whether New Zealand’s royalty regime settings provide fair financial return to the Crown. • Advice on alternative royalty regime settings including scenario modelling of expected effects Kind regards, Paul.