The lead authors of this Review were Jane Korinek of the OECD and Phil Mellor of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Other contributing authors were Christine Arriola, Sebastian Benz and Silvia Sorescu of the OECD; Chris Brunt, Neil Cribbens and Sam Verevis of MFAT; and Caroline Dommen, independent consultant. Ana-Maria Muresan provided statistical assistance, and Laëtitia Christophe and Michèle Patterson provided editorial assistance.
The research benefitted from substantive comments and discussions in the OECD Working Party of the Trade Committee.
The authors would like to thank New Zealand government officials for their co-operation and insights, in particular Rebecca Barnes and Anna Macdonald of the Ministry for Women, Jordan Allison, Gaia Church, Charlotte Frater, Ed McIsaac and James Messent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Saba Vallipuram of the New Zealand Customs Service, and Anna Guenther, Anna Ruediger and the wider team at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
The authors are grateful to John Drummond, Julia Nielson, and Marion Jansen of the OECD for their guidance and insightful comments.
Finally, the authors would like to thank Chantelle Cole, Stephanie Honey, Desi Lorand, Annabelle O’Donnell, Tara Pradhan and Rachel Taulelei for generously sharing their experiences on entrepreneurship and exporting from New Zealand.