Public sector organisations in New Zealand comprise the

state sector The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infra ...

organisations plus those of

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loc ...

. Within the state sector lies the

state services A public service is any Service (economics), service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through pub ...

, and within this lies the core public service. Legally, the Legislative Branch non-public service departments (the

Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives The Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives is a New Zealand public sector organisation. Purpose The Office of the Clerk is the legislature’s secretariat. It provides specialist advice on procedure and parliamentary law and secr ...

and the Parliamentary Servicethe Parliamentary Service Act 2000
(Retrieved 25 January 2015)), Executive Branch non-public service departments, and the public service departments are all part of "the Crown".

State sector

Offices of Parliament

Office of the Controller and Auditor-General The Controller and Auditor-General (the Auditor-General) is an Officer of the New Zealand Parliament responsible for auditing public bodies. John Ryan began his seven-year term as Controller and Auditor-General on 2 July 2018. The Deputy Controll ...

(Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake) **

Audit New Zealand The Controller and Auditor-General (the Auditor-General) is an Officer of the New Zealand Parliament responsible for auditing public bodies. John Ryan began his seven-year term as Controller and Auditor-General on 2 July 2018. The Deputy Controll ...

* Office of the Ombudsmen (Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata) * Office of the

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment __NOTOC__ The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (''Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata'' in Māori) is an independent Officer of the New Zealand Parliament appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the House of ...

(Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata Aotearoa)

State services departments

Public service departments

The

public service A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies ...

in New Zealand technically consists solely of the departments listed below. *

Crown Law Office The Crown Law Office (Crown Law) ( Māori: ''Te Tari Ture o te Karauna'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on legal affairs, representing the government in appellate cases, and overseeing the pr ...

(Te Tari Ture o te Karauna) *

Department of Conservation An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment ...

(Te Papa Atawhai) * Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa) *

Department of Internal Affairs The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), or in te reo Māori, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling la ...

(Te Tari Taiwhenua) **

Archives New Zealand Archives New Zealand (Māori: ''Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga'') is New Zealand's national archive and the official guardian of its public archives. As the government's recordkeeping authority, it administers the Public Records Act 2005 and ...

(Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga) ** Births, Deaths and Marriages (Whānautanga, Matenga, Mārenatanga) ** Censorship Compliance Unit ** Local Government Commission (Mana Kāwanatanga ā Rohe) **

New Zealand Lottery Grants Board The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board is a business unit of the Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand. The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board is governed by the Gambling Act 2003. Its purpose is to benefit the community by distributing th ...

(Te Puna Tahua) **

National Library of New Zealand The National Library of New Zealand ( mi, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (''Na ...

** 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 The National Assessments Bureau (NAB), previously known as the External Assessments Bureau (EAB), is a New Zealand intelligence analysis agency within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). The NAB along with the Government Co ...

** Honours Secretariat ** National Emergency Management Agency *

Education Review Office The Education Review Office (ERO) (Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture ...

(Te Tari Arotake Matauranga) *

Government Communications Security Bureau The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) ( mi, Te Tira Tiaki) is the public-service department of New Zealand charged with promoting New Zealand's national security by collecting and analysing information of an intelligence nature. ...

** National Cyber Security Centre * Inland Revenue Department (Te Tari Taake) *

Land Information New Zealand Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles, and managing Crown land and property. The minist ...

(Toitu te whenua) ** Crown Property Management **

New Zealand Geospatial Office Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles, and managing Crown land and property. The minist ...

Overseas Investment Office The Overseas Investment Office is the New Zealand government agency responsible for regulating foreign direct investment into New Zealand. The Office is responsible for high value investments (2006: NZD $100m+), investments in sensitive land and ...

Ministry for Culture and Heritage The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH; ) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the arts, culture, built heritage, sport and recreation, and broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government ...

(Te Manatū Taonga) *

Ministry for Pacific Peoples The Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP), formerly the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on policies and issues affecting Pasifika communities in New Zealand. ...

* Ministry for Primary Industries (Manatū Ahu Matua) * Ministry for the Environment (Manatū Mō Te Taiao) *

Ministry for Women The Ministry for Women (Māori: ''Manatū Wāhine'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on policies and issues affecting women. It was formerly called the Ministry for Women's Affairs (MWA), bu ...

(Manatū Wāhine) *

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE; mi, Hīkina Whakatutuki) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with "delivering policy, services, advice and regulation" which contribute to New Zealand's economic p ...

(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 Immigration New Zealand ( mi, Te Ratonga Manene; INZ), formerly the New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS), is the agency within the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) that is responsible for border control, iss ...

(Te Ratonga Manene) **

Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) is a New Zealand government agency responsible for the granting and registration of intellectual property rights, specifically patent, trade mark, design and plant variety rights. It is par ...

**Insolvency and Trustee Service **Natural Hazards Research Platform (NHRP) **

New Zealand Cycle Trail The New Zealand Cycle Trail project (Māori: ''Nga Haerenga'', "The Journeys") is a New Zealand government initiative, co-funded together with local councils and charitable trusts, which is to build and operate a network of cycle routes throug ...

**New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals **

New Zealand Space Agency The New Zealand Space Agency is the public service department of New Zealand charged with "space policy, regulation and business development" relating to space activities in New Zealand. History The New Zealand Space Agency was formed in Apr ...

**Occupational Safety and Health (Te Ratonga Oranga) **

Pike River Recovery Agency The Pike River Recovery Agency, (Māori: Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa) was a stand-alone New Zealand Government department. Its stated aim was to work with families who lost loved ones during the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster to plan fo ...

**Radio Spectrum Management **Social Housing Unit *

Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...

(Manatu Kaupapa Waonga) *

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

(Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga) * Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Te Manatū Aorere) **

New Zealand Agency for International Development The New Zealand Aid Programme is the New Zealand Government's international aid and development agency. The New Zealand Aid Programme is managed by the Pacific and Development Group in the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT ...

– 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 The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD; Māori: ''Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga'') is a cabinet-level public service department responsible for overseeing the New Zealand Government's housing and urban development programme. It formally ...

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Justi ...

(Tāhū o te Ture) ** Crime Prevention Unit ** Office of Treaty Settlements *

Te Puni Kōkiri Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), the Ministry of Māori Development, is the principal policy advisor of the Government of New Zealand on Māori wellbeing and development. Te Puni Kōkiri was established under the Māori Development Act 1991 with responsib ...

Ministry for Māori Development * Ministry of Social Development (Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora) ** Ministry of Youth Development (Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi) **

Work and Income The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) ( Māori: ''Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on social policy, and providing social services. MSD is the largest public serv ...

(Te Hiranga Tangata) ** Studylink (Hoto Akoranga) ** Heartland Services (Ngā Ratonga ki te Manawa o te Whenua) ** The Office for Senior Citizens ** The Office of the Families Commission *

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ...

(Te Manatū Waka) * New Zealand Customs Service (Te Mana Arai o Aotearoa) *

New Zealand Security Intelligence Service The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS or SIS; mi, Te Pā Whakamarumaru) is New Zealand's primary national intelligence agency. It is responsible for providing information and advising on matters including national security (i ...

Oranga Tamariki Oranga Tamariki, also known as the Ministry for Children and previously the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, is a government department in New Zealand responsible for the well-being of children, specifically children at risk of harm, youth offen ...

Ministry for Children *

(Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa) * Public Service Commission * Serious Fraud Office (Te Tari Hara Taware) * Public Service Commission (Te Kawa Mataaho) *

Statistics New Zealand Statistics New Zealand ( mi, Tatauranga Aotearoa), branded as Stats NZ, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the collection of statistics related to the economy, population and society of New Zealand. To this end, Stats ...

(Tatauranga Aotearoa) ** Māori Trust Office * The Treasury (Te Tai Õhanga) ** New Zealand Debt Management ** New Zealand Export Credit

Departmental agencies

* Cancer Control Agency * National Emergency Management Agency * Ministry for Ethnic Communities :*replaces the Office of Ethnic Communities (previously Ethnic Affairs) that was part of Internal Affairs * Office for Māori Crown Relations–Te Arawhiti *

Social Wellbeing Agency The Social Wellbeing Agency (formerly the Social Investment Agency) is a New Zealand Departmental Agency that is hosted within the Public Service Commission (New Zealand), Public Service Commission. The Social Investment Agency was established on J ...

* Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People

Interdepartmental executive boards

* Border Executive Board * Family Violence Executive Board *

Strategic Planning Reform Board Strategy (from Ancient Greek, Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the se ...

State services organisations outside the core public service

New Zealand Defence Force The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF; mi, Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa, "Line of Defence of New Zealand") are the armed forces of New Zealand. The NZDF is responsible for the protection of the national security of New Zealand and her realm, prom ...

(NZDF) (Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa) **

New Zealand Cadet Forces The New Zealand Cadet Forces (Cadet Forces or NZCF) is a voluntary military-style training organisation for New Zealand youth between the ages of 13 and 21. Run in partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and local community organisa ...

***

Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation. They are sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers, and some are paid for full-time work – including C ...

***

New Zealand Cadet Corps The New Zealand Cadet Corps (also known as Army Cadets and NZCC), is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Air Training Corps, and Sea Cadet Corps. There is no reference to the Army within the official ti ...

***

Sea Cadet Corps Sea cadets are members of a sea cadet corps, a formal uniformed youth organisation for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or a naval s ...

** NZDF armed forces ***

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(Ngāti Tumatauenga) **** Regular Force **** Territorial Force **** Army Reserve ***

Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; mi, Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa, , Sea Warriors of New Zealand) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of nine ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act ...

(RNZN) **** Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve ****

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve The Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). History Early history The first Naval Volunteer units were formed in Auckland and Nelson in 1858. Over the rest of t ...

(RNZNVR) ***

Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeal ...

(RNZAF) **** Air Force Reserve ****

(RNZAF) **** Territorial Air Force (TAF) ** Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (Te Tira Ahu Ika A Whiro) (semi-autonomous body) *

** Reporting Services (Hansard) *

Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand) The Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO; Māori: ''Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata'') is New Zealand's law drafting office. It drafts New Zealand Government Bills (except Inland Revenue Bills) and Legislative Instruments. It publishes all New Zealand Bil ...

(Te Tari Tohutohu Paremata) * Parliamentary Service (includes the Parliamentary Library) * Parliamentary Service Commission ** Visitor Services *

New Zealand Police The New Zealand Police ( mi, Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police service and principal law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for preventing crime, enhancing public safety, bringing offenders to justice, and maintaini ...

(Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Reserve Bank of New Zealand The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ, mi, Te Pūtea Matua) is the central bank of New Zealand. It was established in 1934 and is constituted under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. The governor of the Reserve Bank is responsible for ...

Crown entities

=Crown agents

= *

Accident Compensation Corporation The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) ( mi, Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara) is the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for administering the country's no-fault accidental injury compensation scheme, commonly referred to as the ACC sch ...

(''Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara'') * Callahan Innovation *

Civil Aviation Authority A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...

* Earthquake Commission * Education New Zealand *

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) is a New Zealand government/Crown agency responsible for promoting energy efficiency and conservation. The EECA was set up by the Fourth National Government of New Zealand in 1992 to encourage, ...

* Environmental Protection Authority * Fire and Emergency New Zealand * Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) * Health Quality and Safety Commission *

Health Research Council of New Zealand The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is a Crown agency of the New Zealand Government. It is responsible for managing the government's investment in health research for the public good. The HRC was established under the Health Resear ...

* Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities *

Maritime New Zealand Maritime New Zealand (New Zealand Maritime Safety Authority) is a Crown entity and also a state maritime safety authority responsible for protecting the maritime transport sequence and marine environment within New Zealand and maintaining safety ...

* New Zealand Antarctic Institute *

New Zealand Blood Service The New Zealand Blood Service (in te reo Māori: ) is the provider of blood services for New Zealand. The service is a Crown entity responsible to New Zealand’s Parliament and is governed by a Board appointed by the Minister of Health. Hist ...

New Zealand Qualifications Authority The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA; mi, Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is the New Zealand government Crown entity tasked with administering educational assessment and qualifications. It was established by the Education Act 1989 ...

New Zealand Tourism Board Tourism New Zealand is the marketing agency responsible for promoting New Zealand as a tourism destination internationally. It is the trading name of the New Zealand Tourism Board, a Crown entity established under the New Zealand Tourism Board Act ...

* New Zealand Trade and Enterprise * New Zealand Walking Access Commission *

Pharmaceutical Management Agency The Pharmaceutical Management Agency (Māori: ''Te Pātaka Whaioranga''), better known as Pharmac, is a New Zealand Crown entity that decides, on behalf of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, which medicines and pharmaceutical products are su ...

Real Estate Agents Authority The Real Estate Authority (REA), formerly the Real Estate Agents Authority (REAA), is the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for the regulation of the New Zealand real estate industry as well as the agents within it. The purpose of REA is to p ...

* Social Workers Registration Board *

Sport New Zealand Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ) ( Māori: ''Ihi Aotearoa'') is a New Zealand Crown entity responsible for governing sport and recreation in New Zealand. Sport NZ believes sport is an integral part of New Zealand's culture and way of life. The or ...

* Taumata Arowai - the Water Services Regulator * Tertiary Education Commission ** Careers New Zealand * Waka Kotahi – NZ Transport Agency *

WorkSafe New Zealand WorkSafe is New Zealand's primary workplace health and safety regulator. Over 550 staff based across New Zealand who are working to lift New Zealand's health and safety performance and support workers to return home healthy and safe. WorkSafe ...

=Autonomous crown entities

= * Accreditation Council * Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa * Broadcasting Commission (New Zealand on Air) (''Irirangi Te Motu'') * Government Superannuation Fund Authority * Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation *

Heritage New Zealand (''Pouhere Taonga'') Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) (in mi, Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advoc ...

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring f ...

* New Zealand Artificial Limb Board *

New Zealand Film Commission The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC; mi, Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga) is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films. It was established under the New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978 (as amended ...

* New Zealand Infrastructure Commission (''Te Waihanga'') *

New Zealand Lotteries Commission The New Zealand Lotteries Commission, trading as Lotto New Zealand since 2013, is a Crown entity that operates nationwide lotteries in New Zealand. It was established in 1987 and operates under the Gambling Act 2003. Its oldest and most popular ...

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Wellington, New Zealand. The national orchestra of New Zealand, the NZSO is an autonomous Crown entity owned by the Government of New Zealand, per the New Zealand Symph ...

Public Trust The concept of public trust relates back to the origins of democratic government and its seminal idea that within the public lies the true power and future of a society; therefore, whatever ''trust'' citizens place in its officials must be respect ...

* Retirement Commission * Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency) * Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission)

=Independent crown entities

= *

Broadcasting Standards Authority The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA; mi, Te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho) is a New Zealand Crown entity created by the Broadcasting Act 1989 to develop and uphold standards of broadcasting for radio, free-to-air and pay television. The main ...

* Children's Commissioner * Climate Change Commission * Commerce Commission *

Criminal Cases Review Commission The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the statutory body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was established by Section 8 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 and ...

Drug Free Sport New Zealand A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via insuffla ...

* Electoral Commission * Electricity Authority (''Te Komihana Hiko'') * External Reporting Board * Financial Markets Authority *

Health and Disability Commissioner The Health And Disability Commissioner is a New Zealand Crown entity responsible for promoting and protecting the rights of health and disability services consumers, and facilitating the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints ...

* Human Rights Commission * Independent Police Conduct Authority *

Law Commission A law commission, law reform commission, or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal chang ...

Mental Health Commission Mental may refer to: * of or relating to the mind Films * ''Mental'' (2012 film), an Australian comedy-drama * ''Mental'' (2016 film), a Bangladeshi romantic-action movie * ''Mental'', a 2008 documentary by Kazuhiro Soda * ''Mental'', a 2014 O ...

Office of Film and Literature Classification The Office of Film and Literature Classification ( mi, Te Mana Whakaatu), branded as the Classification Office, is an independent Crown entity established under Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 responsible for censorship ...

* Privacy Commissioner *

Productivity Commission The Productivity Commission is the Australian Government's principal review and advisory body on microeconomic policy, regulation and a range of other social and environmental issues. The Productivity Commission was created as an independent a ...

* Takeovers Panel *

Transport Accident Investigation Commission The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC, mi, Te Kōmihana Tirotiro Aituā Waka) is a transport safety body of New Zealand. It has its headquarters on the 7th floor of 10 Brandon Street in Wellington. The agency investigates aviatio ...

=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 AgResearch Ltd (formerly known as New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) is one of New Zealand's largest Crown Research Institutes with over 700 staff and revenue of NZ$160.7 million in the year to June 2014. Main areas ...

(New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) (

Ruakura Ruakura is a semi-rural suburb of Hamilton City, in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The University of Waikato is nearby. The area lies to the east of urban Hamilton and to the west of State Highway 1B (a variant of State Highway 1 which avo ...

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilto ...

) * ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited) (

Porirua Porirua, ( mi, Pari-ā-Rua) a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide sw ...

) * Forest Research (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) (

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encomp ...

) *

GNS Science GNS Science ( mi, Te Pū Ao), officially registered as the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. It focuses on geology, geophysics (including seismology and volcanology), and nuclear sc ...

(formerly Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited) (

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most ...

) * IRL (Industrial Research Limited
Web page
(Now part of Callaghan Innovation) *

Landcare Research Landcare may refer to: *Australian Landcare Council, a now superseded Australian government body *Landcare in Australia, umbrella approach promoting land protection in Australia * Landcare Research, New Zealand *The Landcare movement in Australia ...

(Landcare Research New Zealand Limited) (

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

) *

NIWA The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA ( mi, Taihoro Nukurangi), is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. Established in 1992, NIWA conducts research across a broad range of disciplines in the environmental scienc ...

(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited) (

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

) *

Plant & Food Research Plant & Food Research ( Māori: Rangahau Ahumāra Kai) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute (CRI). Its purpose is to enhance the value and productivity of New Zealand's horticultural, arable, seafood and food & beverage industries. The int ...

(New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited) (

) * Institute For Social Research and Development Limited (

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by ...

). Disestablished in 1995 after failing to achieve financial viability.

= School boards of trustees

= ''See:''

Education in New Zealand The education system in New Zealand is a three-tier model which includes primary and intermediate schools, followed by secondary schools (high schools) and tertiary education at universities and polytechnics. The academic year 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 the education system of New Zealand, a wānanga is a publicly-owned tertiary institution that provides education in a Māori cultural context. Section 162 of the New Zealand Education Act of 1989 specifies that wānanga resemble mainstream ...

. In addition there are numerous non-state-owned ''private training establishments''.

Universities

''(and amalgamated colleges of education, with principal campus only)'' *

AUT University Auckland University of Technology (AUT) ( mi, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT ...

(Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) (

) * Lincoln University (Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki) (

) *

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural o ...

(Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa) (

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

) ** Palmerston North College of Education *

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

(Waipapa Taumata Rau) (

) **

Auckland College of Education The Auckland College of Education, earlier known as the Auckland Training College and the Auckland Teachers' Training College, was a teachers' college in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. It was established in 1881 and was based in the Aucklan ...

(Te Kura Akoranga o Tamaki Makaurau) *

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

(Te Whare Wānanga O Waitaha) (

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

) **

Christchurch College of Education Christchurch College of Education (CCE) was an educational institute based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1877, and ceased operation in 2007 when it was merged with the University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ...

(Te Whare Whai Mātauraka Ki Ōtautahi) *

University of Otago , image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate ...

(Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) (

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

) ** University of Otago College of Education (Te Kura Akau Taitoka) *

University of Waikato , mottoeng = For The People , established = 1964; years ago , endowment = (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $263.6 million (31 December 2020) , chancellor = Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ , vice_chancellor = Neil Quigley , cit ...

(Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) (

) ** Hamilton Teachers' Training College *

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well kn ...

(Te Herenga Waka) (

) **

Wellington College of Education Wellington College of Education (formerly Wellington Teachers' Training College) was established in 1888 with the purpose of educating teachers in New Zealand. It became the Faculty of Education of Victoria University of Wellington, formed from th ...

(Te Whānau o Ako Pai ki te Upoko o te Ika)

Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics

''(with principal campus only)'' *Crown entity subsidiaries of

Te Pūkenga Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology is the largest vocational education provider in New Zealand. In February 2019, the Government announced that the country's sixteen Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) w ...

(the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology) (NZIST) **

Ara Institute of Canterbury Ara Institute of Canterbury, often simply referred to as Ara, is an institute of technology in Canterbury, New Zealand. It was formed in 2016 from the merger of Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) and Aoraki Polytechnic. Ara ...

Previously CPIT (ICS NZ) (

) **

Eastern Institute of Technology The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) is a government owned tertiary education institution with three campuses: Hawke’s Bay, Auckland, and Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, New Zealand. It is also referred to as EIT Hawke's Bay, EIT Tairāw ...

(EIT) ( Taradale) **

Manukau Institute of Technology Established in 1970, Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) ( mi, Te Whare Takiura o Manukau) is a large Category One institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand. Category One is the highest possible educational rating as evaluated by the ...

(MIT) ( South Auckland) ** Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) ( Nelson) **

NorthTec NorthTec (Tai Tokerau Wānanga) is a tertiary education provider in northern New Zealand, with its main campus in Raumanga, Whangarei. NorthTec provides programmes ranging from foundation, certificate, diploma and degree levels. The degrees are ...

, formerly Northland Polytechnic ( Whangarei) **

Otago Polytechnic Otago Polytechnic was a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with additional campuses in Cromwell and Auckland. Otago Polytechnic provided career-focused education and training, offering a range of New Zealand accr ...

(

) **

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand or Open Polytechnic (Māori language, Māori: Kuratini Tuwhera) is a government-owned tertiary education institution operating as the specialist national provider of Open and Distance Learning, open and distance ...

(

) **

Southern Institute of Technology , image = Southern Institute of Technology (New Zealand) logo.jpg , image_size = 200px , motto = , tagline = , established = 1971; years ago , faculty = 387 FTE 2005 , head_label = , students ...

(SIT) (

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse ...

) **

Tai Poutini Polytechnic Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) provides tertiary education aimed to meet the needs of West Coast students and businesses. TPP's West Coast programmes include, among others, tourism and hospitality training across the retail and service sector, o ...

(

Greymouth Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ...

) **

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is a New Zealand tertiary education institute with campuses in Rotorua, Tauranga, and other towns in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato regions. It was formed in May 2016 after the amalgamation of Bay of Plenty ...

(

Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

) **

Unitec Institute of Technology Unitec Institute of Technology (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka) is the largest institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand. 16,844 students study programmes from certificate to postgraduate degree level (levels 1 to 9) across a range of ...

(

) **

UCOL The Universal College of Learning (UCOL) is a New Zealand Government ITP (Industry Training Provider/ Polytechnic) located primarily in Palmerston North but has campuses also in Whanganui, Masterton and Levin. Dr Linda Sissons is the current ...

(Universal College of Learning) (

) ** Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) (

) **

Wellington Institute of Technology The Wellington Institute of Technology, also known as WelTec, is a New Zealand polytechnic based in Petone, Lower Hutt. WelTec was formed in 2001 by an amalgamation between the Central Institute of Technology (established in 1960) and the Hutt V ...

(WelTec) (

Petone Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach". Europeans first settled in P ...

and

) **

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) is the largest tertiary education institution in the province of Taranaki, New Zealand. History On 1 April 2020, WITT became a subsidiary of Te Pūkenga (the New Zealand Institute of Skills & ...

(

New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. Th ...

) ** Whitireia Community Polytechnic (WCP) (

)

Wānanga

''(with principal campus only)'' The following wānanga are those who have been granted

Crown entity A Crown entity (from the Commonwealth term '' Crown'') is an organisation that forms part of New Zealand's state sector established under the Crown Entities Act 2004, a unique umbrella governance and accountability statute. The Crown Entities Act i ...

status; there are many that have not. *

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is an indigenous tertiary education provider with over 80 campuses throughout New Zealand. As a Māori-led organisation grounded in Māori values, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is committed to the revitalisation of Māori cult ...

(TWOA) (

Te Awamutu Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilt ...

) * Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa (TWOR) ( Ōtaki) *

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is a wānanga (indigenous tertiary education provider) in based in Whakatāne, New Zealand, established in 1991 by Ngāti Awa. Faculty * Taiarahia Black * Mera Lee-Penehira * Te Kani Kingi * Ron Taiapa Ron i ...

(

Whakatāne Whakatāne ( , ) is the seat of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. Whakatāne District is the encompassing territorial authority, ...

)

Independent statutory entities

Māori Health Authority Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority (MHA) is an independent New Zealand government statutory entity tasked with managing Māori health policies, services, and outcomes. The Health Authority will work alongside the Ministry of Health ...

(Te Aka Whai Ora) * Te Mātāwai

Public Finance Act Schedule 4 Organisations

* Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust * Asia New Zealand Foundation * 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 *

Māori Trustee The Māori Trustee is a statutory corporation sole with perpetual succession in New Zealand.Te Puni KōkiriMāori Trustee Position Description Last accessed 29 October 2022. They administer, as trustee or agent, Māori land trusts and other Māo ...

* 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. * Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited * Animal Control Products Limited * AsureQuality Limited * Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited * KiwiRail Holdings Limited *

Kordia Kordia is a New Zealand government-owned company, offering a range of technology services and solutions to businesses. It provides a range of services, including mission-critical connectivity, cloud and cyber security services, as well as manag ...

(formerly BCL) * Landcorp Farming Limited *

Learning Media Limited Learning Media Limited ( Māori: ''Te Pou Taki Kōrero'') was a New Zealand state-owned enterprise. The company published most of the Ministry of Education's material. A division of the Ministry until 1993, it continued to publish the ''New Zealan ...

Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi) is the national meteorological service of New Zealand. MetService was established as a state-owned enterprise in 1992. It employs about 300 staff, and its headqua ...

* New Zealand Post Limited *

New Zealand Railways Corporation New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) is the state-owned enterprise that owns the land beneath KiwiRail's railway network on behalf of the Crown. The Corporation has existed under a number of guises since 1982, when the old New Zealand Railway ...

* Quotable Value Ltd (QV) *

Transpower New Zealand Limited Transpower New Zealand Limited (TPNZ) is the state-owned enterprise responsible for electric power transmission in New Zealand. It performs two major functions in the New Zealand electricity market. As the owner of the National Grid it provid ...

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 Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. There are 67 territorial authorities: 13 city councils, 53 district councils and the Chatham Islands Council. District councils serve a ...

. Local authorities may set up various

council-controlled organisation Council-controlled organisations (CCOs) and council-controlled trading organisations in New Zealand are what were formerly known as '' local-authority trading enterprises'' (''LATEs''). Introduced under Sections 6 and 7 of the ''Local Government Ac ...

s for specific purposes.

Regional councils

City and district councils

Historic organisations

New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) was a publicly owned company of the New Zealand Government founded in 1962. The Broadcasting Act 1976 then reformed NZBC as the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ). The corporation was ...

* New Zealand Forest Service * HortResearch and Crop and Food were merged in 2008 to form

* Department of Labour *

Department of Lands and Survey The Department of Lands and Survey was a former government department in New Zealand that managed the administration of Crown land and its survey and mapping requirements. History Establishment The department was established in 1876 with the appo ...

* Land Transport New Zealand (merged into the

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (commonly known as Waka Kotahi, and abbreviated as NZTA) is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, an ...

) * Department of Industries and Commerce * Marine Department * Mines Department * Transfund New Zealand (merged into Land Transport New Zealand) * Traffic Safety Service (absorbed into

) * New Zealand Post Office (corporatised in 1987 as

New Zealand Post NZ Post ( mi, Tukurau Aotearoa), shortened from New Zealand Post, is a state-owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand. The New Zealand Post Office, a government agency, provided postal, banking, and telecommuni ...

PostBank Postbank or Post bank may refer to: Postal savings systems (alphabetical by country) * Bulgarian Postbank, a Bulgarian retail bank * Chunghwa Post, a Taiwanese postal service that provides savings account services * Deutsche Postbank, a German re ...

and Telecom) * State Hydro Department, became New Zealand Electricity Department, then NZE, then ECNZ *

New Zealand Railways Department The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway ...

(corporatised in 1981 as a

state-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...

, the

, including the infrastructure, which is now trading as

KiwiRail KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise responsible for rail operations in New Zealand, and operates inter-island ferries. Trading as KiwiRail and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, KiwiRail is the largest rail ...

) * Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) (Te Manatū Pūtaiao) * Ministry of Works (formerly the

Department of Public Works This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...

) * 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 The New Zealand Wildlife Service was a division of the Department of Internal Affairs responsible for managing wildlife in New Zealand. It was established in 1945 (as the ''Wildlife Branch'') in order to unify wildlife administration and operation ...

(a division of Internal Affairs) * Solid Energy New Zealand Limited (Went into administration and assets sold in 2015) * Terralink NZ Limited

References

External links

Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission list of organisations of the State sector

(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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Public Sector Organisations In New Zealand Lists of organisations based in New Zealand

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