Public sector organisations in New Zealand
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Public sector organisations in New Zealand comprise the state sector organisations plus those of local government.
Within the state sector lies the state services, and within this lies the core public service.[1]
Legally, the Legislative Branch non-public service departments (the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives[2] and the [3]), Executive Branch non-public service departments, and the public service departments are all part of "the Crown".[4]
State sector[]
Offices of Parliament[]
- Office of the Controller and Auditor-General (Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake)
- Audit New Zealand
- Office of the Ombudsmen (Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata)
- Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata Aotearoa)
State services departments[]
Public service departments[]
The public service in New Zealand technically consists of solely the departments listed below.
- Crown Law Office (Te Tari Ture o te Karauna)
- Department of Conservation (Te Papa Atawhai)
- Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)
- Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua)
- Archives New Zealand (Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga)
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (Whānautanga, Matenga, Mārenatanga)
- Censorship Compliance Unit
- (Mana Kāwanatanga ā Rohe)
- New Zealand Lottery Grants Board (Te Puna Tahua)
- National Library of New Zealand
- Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector
- New Zealand Passports Office (Nga Uruwhenua)
- New Zealand Citizenship Office (Te Raraunga)
- New Zealand Gazette Office (Te Kahiti o Aotearoa)
- Translation Service, The
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Cabinet Office
- National Assessments Bureau
- Honours Secretariat
- National Emergency Management Agency
- Education Review Office (Te Tari Arotake Matauranga)
- Government Communications Security Bureau
- National Cyber Security Centre
- Inland Revenue Department (Te Tari Taake)
- Land Information New Zealand (Toitu te whenua)
- Crown Property Management
- New Zealand Geospatial Office
- Overseas Investment Office
- Ministry for Primary Industries (Manatū Ahu Matua)
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Hīkina Whakatutuki)
- Business.govt.nz
- Companies Office, which also manages registers for motor-vehicle traders, financial-service providers, societies and trusts and personal-property securities.
- Consumer Affairs, formerly the Ministry of Consumer Affairs
- Electricity Authority (NZ)
- Electrical Workers Registration Board
- Immigration New Zealand (Te Ratonga Manene)
- Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
- Insolvency and Trustee Service
- Natural Hazards Research Platform (NHRP)[5]
- New Zealand Cycle Trail
- New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals
- New Zealand Space Agency
- Occupational Safety and Health (Te Ratonga Oranga)
- Pike River Recovery Agency
- Radio Spectrum Management
- Social Housing Unit
- Ministry for Children—Oranga Tamariki
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage (Te Manatū Taonga)
- Ministry of Defence (Manatu Kaupapa Waonga)
- Ministry of Education (Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga)
- Ministry for the Environment (Manatū Mō Te Taiao)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Te Manatū Aorere)
- New Zealand Agency for International Development – NZAID (Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti)
- Ministry of Health (Manatū Hauora)
- Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority)
- National Radiation Laboratory
- New Zealand Health Information Service
- National Health Committee
- HealthPAC
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
- Ministry of Justice (Tāhū o te Ture)
- Crime Prevention Unit
- Office of Treaty Settlements
- Ministry for Pacific Peoples
- Ministry of Social Development (Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora)
- Ministry of Youth Development (Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi)
- Work and Income (Te Hiranga Tangata)
- Studylink (Hoto Akoranga)
- Heartland Services (Ngā Ratonga ki te Manawa o te Whenua)
- The Office for Disability issues
- The Office for Senior Citizens
- The Office of the Families Commission
- Ministry of Transport (Te Manatū Waka)
- Ministry for Women (Manatū Wāhine)
- New Zealand Customs Service (Te Mana Arai o Aotearoa)
- Serious Fraud Office (Te Tari Hara Taware)
- State Services Commission (Te Komihana O Ngā Tari Kāwanatanga)
- Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa)
- Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry for Māori Development)
- Māori Trust Office
- The Treasury (Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa)
- New Zealand Debt Management Office
- Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU)
- replaces the Office of Ethnic Communities (previously Ethnic Affairs) that was part of Internal Affairs[6]
State services organisations outside the core public service[]
- New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) (Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa)
- New Zealand Cadet Forces
- Air Training Corps
- New Zealand Cadet Corps
- Sea Cadet Corps
- NZDF armed forces
- New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tumatauenga)
- Regular Force
- Territorial Force
- Army Reserve
- Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN)
- Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
- Air Force Reserve
- Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
- Territorial Air Force (TAF)
- New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tumatauenga)
- Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (Te Tira Ahu Ika A Whiro) (semi-autonomous body)
- New Zealand Cadet Forces
- New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
- Intelligence and Security Committee, The
- Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
- Reporting Services (Hansard)
- Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand) (Te Tari Tohutohu Paremata)
- [7][3] (includes the Parliamentary Library)
- Parliamentary Service Commission
- Visitor Services
- New Zealand Police (Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand[]
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Crown entities[]
Crown agents[]
- Accident Compensation Corporation (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara)
- Careers New Zealand
- Civil Aviation Authority
- District health boards
- Auckland District Health Board (Auckland)
- Bay of Plenty District Health Board (Tauranga)
- Canterbury District Health Board (Christchurch)
- Capital and Coast District Health Board (Wellington, Porirua and Kapiti Coast)
- (Otahuhu)
- Hawke's Bay District Health Board (Napier)
- Hutt Valley District Health Board (Hutt Valley – Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt)
- Lakes District Health Board (Rotorua)
- MidCentral District Health Board (Palmerston North)
- (Nelson)
- Northland District Health Board (Whangarei)
- Otago District Health Board (Dunedin)
- South Canterbury District Health Board (Timaru)
- Southland District Health Board (Invercargill)
- Tairāwhiti District Health Board (Gisborne)
- Taranaki District Health Board (New Plymouth)
- Waikato District Health Board (Hamilton)
- Wairarapa District Health Board (Masterton)
- Waitematā District Health Board (Auckland)
- West Coast District Health Board (Greymouth)
- Whanganui District Health Board (Wanganui)
- Earthquake Commission
- Electricity Authority (Te Komihana Hiko)
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Housing New Zealand Corporation
- Maritime New Zealand
- New Zealand Antarctic Institute
- New Zealand Blood Service
- New Zealand Qualifications Authority
- New Zealand Tourism Board
- New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
- NZ Transport Agency
- New Zealand Walking Access Commission
- Pharmaceutical Management Agency
- Real Estate Agents Authority
- Sport New Zealand
- Tertiary Education Commission
- WorkSafe New Zealand
Autonomous crown entities[]
- Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
- Broadcasting Commission (New Zealand on Air) (Irirangi Te Motu)
- Charities Commission
- Environmental Protection Authority
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- New Zealand Film Commission
- New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga)
- New Zealand Lotteries Commission
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Public Trust
- Retirement Commission
- Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu)
- Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)
- Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission)
Independent crown entities[]
- Accounting Standards Review Board
- Broadcasting Standards Authority
- Children's Commissioner
- Climate Change Commission
- Commerce Commission
- Electoral Commission
- Health and Disability Commissioner
- Human Rights Commission
- Independent Police Conduct Authority
- Law Commission
- Office of Film and Literature Classification
- Privacy Commissioner
- Productivity Commission
- Securities Commission
- Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Crown entity companies[]
- Radio New Zealand Limited
- Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ)
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)[]
(with principal campuses)
- AgResearch (New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) (Ruakura, Hamilton)
- ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited) (Porirua)
- Forest Research (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) (Rotorua)
- GNS Science (formerly Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited) (Lower Hutt)
- IRL (Industrial Research Limited) Web page (Now part of Callaghan Innovation)
- Landcare Research (Landcare Research New Zealand Limited) (Lincoln)
- NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited) (Auckland)
- Plant & Food Research (New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited) (Auckland)
- (Wellington). Disestablished in 1995 after failing to achieve financial viability.
School boards of trustees[]
Tertiary education institutions[]
State-owned tertiary institutions consist of universities, colleges of education (teachers colleges), polytechnics (institutes of technology) and wānanga. In addition there are numerous non-state-owned private training establishments.
Universities[]
(and amalgamated colleges of education, with principal campus only)
- AUT University (Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) (Auckland)
- Lincoln University (Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki) (Lincoln)
- Massey University (Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa) (Palmerston North)
- Palmerston North College of Education
- University of Auckland (Te Whare Wānanga O Tamaki Makaurau) (Auckland)
- Auckland College of Education (Te Kura Akoranga o Tamaki Makaurau)
- University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga O Waitaha) (Christchurch)
- Christchurch College of Education (Te Whare Whai Mātauraka Ki Ōtautahi)
- University of Otago (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) (Dunedin)
- University of Otago College of Education (Te Kura Akau Taitoka)
- University of Waikato (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) (Hamilton)
- Hamilton Teachers' Training College
- Victoria University of Wellington (Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui) (Wellington)
- Wellington College of Education (Te Whānau o Ako Pai ki te Upoko o te Ika)
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics[]
(with principal campus only)
- Ara Institute of Canterbury Previously CPIT (ICS NZ) (Christchurch)
- Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) (Taradale)
- Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) (South Auckland)
- Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) (Nelson)
- NorthTec, formerly Northland Polytechnic (Whangarei)
- Otago Polytechnic (Dunedin)
- Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) (Invercargill)
- Tai Poutini Polytechnic (Greymouth)
- The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (Lower Hutt)
- Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology (Rotorua, Tauranga)
- UCOL (Universal College of Learning) (Palmerston North)
- Unitec Institute of Technology (Auckland)
- Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) (Hamilton)
- Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) (Petone and Lower Hutt)
- Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (New Plymouth)
- Whitireia Community Polytechnic (WCP) (Porirua)
Wānanga[]
(with principal campus only)
The following wānanga are those who have been granted Crown entity status; there are many that have not.
- Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA) (Te Awamutu)
- Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa (TWOR) (Ōtaki)
- Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Whakatāne)
Public Finance Act Schedule 4 Organisations[]
- Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust
- Asia New Zealand Foundation
- Auckland Transition Agency
- Fish and Game Councils
- Auckland and Waikato
- Central South Island
- Eastern
- Hawke's Bay
- Nelson Marlborough
- North Canterbury
- Northland
- Otago
- Southland
- Taranaki
- Wellington
- West Coast
- Leadership Development Centre Trust
- Maori Trustee, The
- National Pacific Radio Trust
- New Zealand Fast Forward Limited
- New Zealand Fish and Game Council
- New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
- New Zealand Government Property Corporation
- New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
- Ngāi Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust
- Pacific Co-operation Foundation
- Pacific Island Business Development Trust
- Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Limited
- Reserve Boards (24)
- Road Safety Trust
- Sentencing Council
State-owned enterprises[]
The state enterprises are listed in Schedule 1 of the State-owned Enterprises Act.[8]
- Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
- Animal Control Products Limited
- AsureQuality Limited
- Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
- KiwiRail Holdings Limited
- Kordia (formerly BCL)
- Landcorp Farming Limited
- Learning Media Limited
- Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
- New Zealand Post Limited
- New Zealand Railways Corporation
- Quotable Value Ltd (QV)
- Solid Energy New Zealand Limited (Went into administration and assets sold in 2015)[9]
- Terralink NZ Limited
- Transpower New Zealand Limited
Local government[]
Local government in New Zealand consists of city councils, district councils and regional councils. These are all also known as "local authorities". City councils and district councils are collectively known as territorial authorities.[10] Local authorities may set up various council-controlled organisations for specific purposes.
Regional councils[]
City and district councils[]
Historic organisations[]
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
- New Zealand Forest Service
- HortResearch and Crop and Food were merged in 2008 to form Plant & Food Research
- Department of Labour
- Department of Lands and Survey
- Land Transport New Zealand (merged into the NZ Transport Agency)
- Marine Department
- Transfund New Zealand (merged into Land Transport New Zealand)
- Traffic Safety Service (absorbed into New Zealand Police)
- New Zealand Post Office (corporatised in 1987 as New Zealand Post, PostBank and Telecom)
- State Hydro Department, became New Zealand Electricity Department, then NZE, then ECNZ
- New Zealand Railways Department (corporatised in 1981 as a state-owned enterprise, the New Zealand Railways Corporation, including the infrastructure, which is now trading as KiwiRail)
- Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) (Te Manatū Pūtaiao)
- Ministry of Works (formerly the Department of Public Works)
- Department of Social Welfare (restructured in 1999)
- Income Support Service became Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ)
- Children, Young Persons and their Families Agency became Child Youth and Family Service
- the remainder of core services became part of the Ministry of Social Policy.
- New Zealand Wildlife Service (a division of Internal Affairs)
See also[]
- Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
- New Zealand Cabinet
- Institute of Public Administration New Zealand
References[]
- ^ State Services Commission Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Office of the Clerk of the House of representatives Act 1988 (Retrieved 25 January 2015)
- ^ Jump up to: a b the Parliamentary Service Act 2000 (Retrieved 25 January 2015)
- ^ State Services Commission Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NHRP – Natural Hazards Research Platform". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
NHRP – Natural Hazards Research Platform [:] A multi-party research platform funded by MBIE dedicated to increasing New Zealand's resilience to Natural Hazards via high quality collaborative research.
- ^ "History of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities" (PDF). Ministry for Ethnic Communities. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Parliamentary Service". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Schedule 1 – State enterprises". State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. Parliamentary Counsel Office.
- ^ "Solid Energy announces voluntary administration ahead of sale". Stuff.
- ^ "Local Government Sector". Local Government New Zealand. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009.
External links[]
- Government agencies of New Zealand
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