Public sector organisations in New Zealand

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Public sector organisations in New Zealand include the State sector plus the organisations 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 and Parliamentary Services), Executive Branch non-Public Service Departments, and the Public Service Departments are all part of "the Crown".^[2]

Contents 1 State sector 1.1 Officers of Parliament 1.2 State services departments 1.2.1 Public service departments 1.2.2 State services organisations outside the core public service 1.2.3 Reserve Bank of New Zealand 1.2.4 Crown entities 1.2.4.1 Crown agents 1.2.4.2 Autonomous crown entities 1.2.4.3 Independent crown entities 1.2.4.4 Crown entity companies 1.2.4.4.1 Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) 1.2.4.5 School boards of trustees 1.2.4.6 Tertiary education institutions 1.2.4.6.1 Universities 1.2.4.6.2 Colleges of education 1.2.4.6.3 Polytechnics and institutes of technology 1.2.4.6.4 Wānanga 1.2.5 Public Finance Act Schedule 4 Organisations 1.3 State-owned enterprises 2 Local government 2.1 Regional councils 2.2 City and district councils 3 Historic departments 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

State sector

Officers 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)

New Zealand Parliamentary Offices Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand Office of the Controller and Auditor-General · Office of the Ombudsmen · Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

State services departments

Public service departments

The public service in New Zealand technically consists of solely the departments listed below.

• Crown Law Office
• Department of Building and Housing (Te Tari Kaupapa Whare)
  • Tenancy Services
  • Building Controls
  • Weathertight Homes Resolution Service
  • Building and Housing Sector Policy
• Department of Conservation (Te Papa Atawhai)
• Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)
• Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua)
  • Archives New Zealand
  • Births, Deaths and Marriages (Whanautanga, Matenga, Marenatanga)
  • Censorship Compliance Unit
  • Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (Te Rākau Whakamarumaru)
  • Local Government Commission
  • New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
  • National Library of New Zealand
  • Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector
  • Office of Ethnic Affairs
  • New Zealand Passports Office (Nga Uruwhenua)
  • New Zealand Citizenship Office (Te Raraunga)
  • New Zealand Gazette Office (Te Kahiti o Aotearoa)
  • Translation Service, The
  • Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector
• Department of Labour (Te Tari Mahi)
  • Employment Relations Service (Te Ratonga Honanga a Te Ima Ihi(?))
  • International Services
  • Labour Market Policy Group
  • Immigration New Zealand (Te Ratonga Manene)
  • Occupational Safety and Health (Te Ratonga Oranga)
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Cabinet Office
  • External Assessments Bureau
  • Honours Secretariat
• Education Review Office (Te Tari Arotake Matauranga)
• Government Communications Security Bureau
  • Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)
• Inland Revenue Department (Te Tari Taake)
• Land Information New Zealand (Toitu te whenua)
  • Crown Property Management
  • New Zealand Geospatial Office
  • Overseas Investment Office
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Te Manatū Ahuwhenua Ngāherehere)
  • MAF Biosecurity New Zealand
  • Ministry of Fisheries (Te Tautiaki i nga tini a Tangaroa)
  • Food Safety Authority
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage (Te Manatū Taonga)
• Ministry of Defence (Manatu Kaupapa Waonga)
• Ministry of Economic Development (Manatū Ōhanga)
  • Companies Office
  • Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
• 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 Justice (Tāhū o te Ture)
  • Chief Electoral Office
  • Crime Prevention Unit
  • Office of Treaty Settlements
• Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
• Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) (Te Manatū Pūtaiao)
• Ministry of Social Development (Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora)
  • Child, Youth and Family (Te Tari Āwhina i te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whānau)
  • 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 of Women's Affairs (Minitatanga mō ngā 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 (Te Tari Tatau)
• Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development)
  • Māori Trust Office
• The Treasury (Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa)
  • New Zealand Debt Management Office
  • Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU)

New Zealand Public Service Departments Part of the Public sector organisations in New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry · Department of Building and Housing · Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority · Department of Conservation · Department of Corrections · Crown Law Office · Ministry for Culture and Heritage · Ministry of Defence · Ministry of Economic Development · Ministry of Education · Education Review Office · Ministry for the Environment · Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade · Government Communications Security Bureau · Ministry of Health · Inland Revenue Department · Department of Internal Affairs · Ministry of Justice · Department of Labour · Land Information New Zealand · Ministry of Māori Development · New Zealand Customs Service · Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs · Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet · Ministry of Science and Innovation · Serious Fraud Office · Ministry of Social Development · State Services Commission · Statistics New Zealand · Ministry of Transport · The Treasury · Ministry of Women's Affairs

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 Naval Reserve
      • Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR)
    • Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
      • Air Force Reserve
      • Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
      • Territorial Air Force
  • Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (Te Tira Ahu Ika A Whiro) (semi-autonomous body)
• 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)
• Parliamentary Service Commission
  • Visitor Services
• New Zealand Police (Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa)

New Zealand State Services Organisations outside the Core Public Service Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand New Zealand Defence Force · New Zealand Security Intelligence Service · Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives · Parliamentary Counsel Office · Parliamentary Service Commission · New Zealand Police

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Crown entities

Crown agents

• Accident Compensation Corporation (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara)
• Career Services
• Civil Aviation Authority
• Crown Health Financing Agency
• District Health Boards
  Main article: District Health Board
  • 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)
  • Counties-Manukau District Health Board (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-Marlborough District Health Board (Nelson)
  • Northland District Health Board (Whangarei)
  • Otago District Health Board (Dunedin)
  • South Canterbury District Health Board (Timaru)
  • Southland District Health Board (Invercargill)
  • Tairawhiti District Health Board (Gisborne)
  • Taranaki District Health Board (New Plymouth)
  • Waikato District Health Board (Hamilton)
  • Wairarapa District Health Board (Masterton)
  • Waitemata 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
• Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
• Health Research Council of New Zealand
• Health Sponsorship Council
• Housing New Zealand Corporation
• Legal Services Agency
• Maritime New Zealand
• New Zealand Antarctic Institute
• New Zealand Blood Service
• New Zealand Fire Service Commission
• New Zealand Qualifications Authority
• New Zealand Tourism Board
• New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
• New Zealand Transport Agency
• New Zealand Walking Access Commission
• Pharmaceutical Management Agency
• Real Estate Agents Authority
• Social Workers Registration Board
• Sport and Recreation New Zealand
• Tertiary Education Commission

New Zealand crown agents Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation · Career Services · Civil Aviation Authority · Crown Health Financing Agency · District Health Boards · Earthquake Commission · Electricity Authority · Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority · Health Research Council of New Zealand · Health Sponsorship Council · Housing New Zealand Corporation · Legal Services Agency · Maritime New Zealand · New Zealand Antarctic Institute  · New Zealand Blood Service · New Zealand Fire Service Commission · New Zealand Qualifications Authority · New Zealand Tourism Board · New Zealand Trade and Enterprise · New Zealand Transport Agency · New Zealand Walking Access Commission · Pharmaceutical Management Agency · Real Estate Agents Authority · Social Workers Registration Board · Sport and Recreation New Zealand · Tertiary Education Commission

Autonomous crown entities

• Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
• Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
• Broadcasting Commission (New Zealand on Air) (Irirangi Te Motu)
• Charities Commission
• Environmental Risk Management Authority
• Families Commission
• Government Superannuation Fund Authority
• Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
• Mental Health Commission
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• New Zealand Artificial Limb Board
• New Zealand Film Commission
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga)
• New Zealand Lotteries Commission
• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
• New Zealand Teachers Council
• Public Trust
• Retirement Commission
• Standards Council
• Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)
• Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission)
• Testing Laboratory Registration Council

New Zealand autonomous crown entities Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand · Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa · Broadcasting Commission · Charities Commission · Environmental Risk Management Authority · Families Commission · Government Superannuation Fund Authority · Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation · Mental Health Commission · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa · New Zealand Artificial Limb Board · New Zealand Film Commission · New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga) · New Zealand Lotteries Commission · New Zealand Symphony Orchestra · New Zealand Teachers Council · Public Trust · Retirement Commission · Standards Council · Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)  · Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) · Testing Laboratory Registration Council

Independent crown entities

• Accounting Standards Review Board
• Broadcasting Standards Authority
• Children's Commissioner (New Zealand)
• Commerce Commission
• Drug Free Sport New Zealand
• Electoral Commission
• Health and Disability Commissioner
• New Zealand Human Rights Commission
• Independent Police Conduct Authority
• Law Commission
• Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand)
• Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
• Securities Commission
• Takeovers Panel (New Zealand)
• Transport Accident Investigation Commission

New Zealand independent crown entities Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand Accounting Standards Review Board · Broadcasting Standards Authority · Children's Commissioner (New Zealand) · Commerce Commission · Drug Free Sport New Zealand · Electoral Commission · Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand) · Health and Disability Commissioner · Human Rights Commission · Independent Police Conduct Authority · Law Commission · Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand) · Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) · Takeovers Panel (New Zealand) · Transport Accident Investigation Commission

Crown entity companies

• New Zealand Fast Forward Fund Limited
• New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited
• 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)
• Crop & Food Research (New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Limited) (Lincoln)
• 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)
• HortResearch (The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited) (Auckland)
• IRL (Industrial Research Limited) Web page (Lower Hutt)
• Landcare Research (Landcare Research New Zealand Limited) (Lincoln)
• NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited) (Wellington)
• Institute For Social Research and Development Limited (Wellington). Disestablished in 1995 after failing to achieve financial viability.

New Zealand crown entity companies Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand New Zealand Fast Forward Fund · New Zealand Venture Investment Fund · Radio New Zealand · Television New Zealand Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) AgResearch · ESR · GNS Science · Industrial Research Limited · Landcare Research · NIWA · Plant & Food Research · Scion

School boards of trustees

See: Education in New Zealand

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.

• See also: Tertiary education institution

Universities

(and amalgamated colleges of education, with principal campuses)

• Auckland University of Technology (AUT) (Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) (Auckland)
• Correspondence School, The
• Lincoln University (Lincoln)
• Massey University (Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa) (Palmerston North, Wellington, Napier and Albany, North Shore)
  • Massey University College of Education (Palmerston North, Wellington, Napier and Albany, North Shore)
• University of Auckland (Te Whare Wānanga O Tamaki Makaurau) (Auckland)
  • Auckland College of Education (ACE) (Te Kura Akoranga o Tamaki Makaurau) (Auckland and Whangarei)
• University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga O Waitaha) (Christchurch)
• University of Otago (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) (Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington)
• University of Waikato (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) (Hamilton and Tauranga)
  • University of Waikato School of Education (Hamilton)
• Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) (Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui) (Wellington)
  • Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education (previously Wellington College of Education (WCE) (Te Whānau o Ako Pai ki te Upoko o te Ika)) (Wellington and Wanganui)

Colleges of education

(with campuses)

• Christchurch College of Education (CCE) (Te Whare Whai Mātauraka Ki Ōtautahi) (Christchurch and Nelson)
• Dunedin College of Education (DCE) (Te Kura Akau Taitoka) (Dunedin and Invercargill). Amalgamated with the University of Otago in 2007

Polytechnics and institutes of technology

(with principal campus only)

• Aoraki Polytechnic (Timaru)
• Bay of Plenty Polytechnic (Tauranga)
• Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) (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)
• Tairawhiti Polytechnic (Gisborne)
• Telford Rural Polytechnic (Otanomomo)
• The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (Lower Hutt)
• UCOL (Universal College of Learning) (Palmerston North)
• Unitec Institute of Technology (Auckland)
• Waiariki Institute of Technology (Rotorua)
• 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)

See also: Institute of technology#New Zealand

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
• Ngai 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

(see also the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 as amended)

• AgriQuality Limited
• Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Animal Control Products Limited
• AsureQuality Limited
• Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Genesis Power Limited
• Kordia (formerly BCL)
• Landcorp Farming Limited
• Learning Media Limited
• MCS Limited (listed in Act; never established)
• Meridian Energy Limited
• Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
• Mighty River Power Limited
• New Zealand Post Limited
• ONTRACK (formerly the New Zealand Railways Corporation)
• Quotable Value Ltd (QV)
• Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
• Terralink International (privatised)
• Timberlands West Coast Limited
• Transpower New Zealand Limited

New Zealand state-owned enterprises Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited · Animal Control Products Limited · AsureQuality Ltd · Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited · Genesis Energy · Kordia Group Limited · Landcorp Farming Limited · Learning Media Limited · MCS Limited · Meridian Energy · Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd · Mighty River Power · New Zealand Post Limited · New Zealand Railways Corporation · Quotable Value Limited · Solid Energy New Zealand Limited · Timberlands West Coast 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.^[3]

Regional councils

City and district councils

Historic departments

• New Zealand Railways Department (corporatised in 1981 as a state-owned enterprise, the New Zealand Railways Corporation, including the infrastructure, which is now ONTRACK)
• Ministry of Works (formerly the Department of Public Works)
• New Zealand Post Office (corporatised in 1987 as New Zealand Post, PostBank and Telecom)
• Land Transport New Zealand
• State Hydro Department, became New Zealand Electricity Department, then NZE, then ECNZ
• 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.

See also

• Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
• New Zealand Cabinet
• Institute of Public Administration New Zealand

For local government, see:

• List of cities in New Zealand
• List of regions in New Zealand
• Territorial Authorities of New Zealand

References

External links

• State sector organisations at the State Services Commission site
• State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 at the www.legislation.govt.nz site (as consolidated and amended)
• Bilingual titles of public and private sector organisations at the Māori Language Commission Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori site

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