A new research institute focused on commercialising emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and synthetic biology will be housed in Auckland under a ‘hub and spoke model’, science, innovation and technology Minister Shane Reti says.
Speaking at the TUANZ and DHA Tech Users Summit 2025 in Auckland on September 10, Reti said the government is investing $231 million in the Advanced Technology Institute over four years.
Its creation is part of broader science system reforms that have already consolidated seven Crown Research Institutes into three Public Research Organisations (PROs), with this as the fourth.
