New Zealand

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State sector organisations in New Zealand are as follows:

(see also State Sector Act 1988)

Parliamentary Offices

• 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)

v • d • e 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

Public Sector Departments

Public Service Departments

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

• Archives New Zealand (Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa)
• 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)
  • Births, Deaths and Marriages (Whanautanga, Matenga, Marenatanga)
  • Censorship Compliance Unit
  • Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (Te Rākau Whakamarumaru)
  • 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 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)
• New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Te Pou Oranga Kai O Aotearoa) (separated from MAF in July 2007)
• 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
  • Overseas Investment Office
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Te Manatū Ahuwhenua Ngāherehere)
  • MAF Biosecurity New Zealand
• 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 Fisheries (Te Tautiaki i nga tini a Tangaroa)
• 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)
  • Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector
  • 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)
• National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library
• 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

Public Sector 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)

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)
• New Zealand Electricity Department (corporatised as Electricorp)
• Department of Social Welfare (restructured in 1989)
  • 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.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand

State-Owned Enterprises

Main article: State-Owned Enterprises of New Zealand

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

• AgriQuality Limited
• Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Asure New Zealand Limited
• Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Genesis Power Limited
• kordia (formerly BCL)
• Landcorp Farming Limited
• MCS Limited (listed in Act; never established)
• Meridian Energy Limited
• Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
  • Metra Information Limited
• Mighty River Power Limited
• New Zealand Post Limited
  • Electoral Enrolment Centre
• 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

Crown Entities

Main article: Crown Entities

• Accident Compensation Corporation (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara)
• Accounting Standards Review Board
• Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust
• Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (Te Kaunihera Whakatupato Waipiro o Aotearoa)
• Animal Control Products Limited
• Antarctica New Zealand (New Zealand Antarctic Institute)
• Asia 2000 Foundation of New Zealand
• Broadcasting Standards Authority (Te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho)
• Building Industry Authority
• Career Services
• Casino Control Authority
• Civil Aviation Authority
• Commerce Commission
• Commissioner for Children
• Correspondence School, The
• Creative NZ (Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa)
• Early Childhood Development Board
• Earthquake Commission
• Electoral Commission
• Electricity Commission (Te Komihana Hiko)
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
• Environmental Risk Management Authority
• Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology
• Government Superannuation Fund Authority
• Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, The
• Health and Disability Commissioner
• Health Research Council of New Zealand
• Health Sponsorship Council
• Housing New Zealand Corporation
• Housing New Zealand Limited
• Human Rights Commission
• Industry New Zealand
• Land Transport New Zealand
• Law Commission
• Learning Media Limited
• Legal Services Agency
• Management Development Centre Trust
• Māori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori)
• Māori Television
• Maritime Safety Authority
• Mental Health Commission
• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• New Zealand Artificial Limb Board
• New Zealand Blood Service
• New Zealand Business Development Board
• New Zealand Film Commission
• New Zealand Fish and Game Council
• New Zealand Fire Service Commission
• New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
• New Zealand Government Property Corporation
• New Zealand Lotteries Commission
• New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
• New Zealand on Air (Broadcasting Commission) (Irirangi Te Motu)
• New Zealand Qualifications Authority
• New Zealand Sports Drug Agency
• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Limited
• New Zealand Teachers Council
• New Zealand Tourism Board
• New Zealand Trade Development Board
• New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited
• Ngai Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust
• Office of Film and Literature Classification
• Pacific Islands Employment Development Board (Pacific Business Trust)
• Pharmaceutical Management Agency
• Police Complaints Authority
• Privacy Commissioner
• Public Trust
• Radio New Zealand Limited
• Residual Health Management Unit
• Retirement Commissioner, The
• Road Safety Trust
• Securities Commission
• Sport and Recreation New Zealand
• Standards Council
• Takeovers Panel
• Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcast Funding Agency)
• Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ)
• Tertiary Education Commission
• Testing Laboratory Registration Council
• Transit New Zealand
• Transport Accident Investigation Commission

Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)

Main article: Crown Research Institutes

(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.

Regionally-based Crown Entities

District Health Boards (DHBs)

Main article: District Health Board

(with principal geographical areas)

• 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)

Regional 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

Reserves Boards

School Boards of Trustees

See: Education in New Zealand

Tertiary Education Institutions

Main article: Tertiary Education Institution

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: Education in New Zealand

Universities

(and amalgamated Colleges of Education, with principal campuses)

• Auckland University of Technology (AUT) (Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) (Auckland)
• 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) (Manukau City)
• 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 New Zealand (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: Polytechnic#New Zealand

Wānanga

Main article: Wananga

(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)

See also

• Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
• New Zealand Cabinet

For local government, see:

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

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