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[]

See also: State Sector Act 1988

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
  • 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)
  • Ministry for Primary Industries (Manatū Ahu Matua)
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Hīkina Whakatutuki)
  • 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[]

Reserve Bank of New Zealand[]

  • Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Crown entities[]

Main article: Crown entities
Crown agents[]
Autonomous crown entities[]
Independent crown entities[]
Crown entity companies[]
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)[]
Main article: Crown Research Institute

(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[]

See: Education in New Zealand

Tertiary education institutions[]
Main article: Education in New Zealand § Tertiary education
See also: Tertiary education in New Zealand

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)
  • University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga O Waitaha) (Christchurch)
  • 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)
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics[]

(with principal campus only)

Wānanga[]
Main article: Wānanga

(with principal campus only)

The following wānanga are those who have been granted Crown entity status; there are many that have not.

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[]

Main article: State-owned enterprises of New Zealand

The state enterprises are listed in Schedule 1 of the State-owned Enterprises Act.[8]


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[]

Main article: Regions of New Zealand

City and district councils[]

Main article: Territorial authorities of New Zealand

Historic organisations[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ State Services Commission Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Office of the Clerk of the House of representatives Act 1988 (Retrieved 25 January 2015)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b the Parliamentary Service Act 2000 (Retrieved 25 January 2015)
  4. ^ State Services Commission Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "History of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities" (PDF). Ministry for Ethnic Communities. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary Service". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Schedule 1 – State enterprises". State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. Parliamentary Counsel Office.
  9. ^ "Solid Energy announces voluntary administration ahead of sale". Stuff.
  10. ^ "Local Government Sector". Local Government New Zealand. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009.

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