生物技术具有国家和国际重要性。它考虑并发展有关生化，分子，生态和进化过程的知识。生物技术工具被用于支持整个新西兰生物多样性和生物安全的研究。生物技术研究致力于开发既具有经济效益又具有环境效益的技术。经合组织预测，随着第三产业研究的发展，到2030年，生物技术将在全球经济中扮演重要角色。
Biotechnology is of national and international importance. It considers and develops knowledge about biochemical, molecular, ecological, and evolutionary processes. Biotechnology tools are applied in research underpinning biodiversity and biosecurity throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.<br><br>Biotechnology research is directed towards developing technology with both economic and environmental outcomes. The OECD has predicted that, by 2030, biotechnology will assume a major role in the global economy with the advances from research in the tertiary sector.As an emerging field with both national and international importance, biotechnology provides many career opportunities in universities, business, government agencies, Crown Research Institutes, and in ministries concerned with the environment, agriculture, and forestry.