State sector organisations in New Zealand
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Public sector organisations in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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.

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".

Officers of Parliament

  • Office of the Controller and Auditor-General
    Office of the Controller and Auditor-General
    The Controller and Auditor-General is an Officer of the Parliament of New Zealand responsible for auditing public bodies. The Controller and Auditor-General is Lyn Provost. The Deputy Controller and Auditor-General is Phillippa Smith. Their mandate and responsibilities are set out in the Public...

     (Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake)
    • Audit New Zealand
  • Office of the Ombudsmen
    New Zealand Chief Ombudsman
    New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman is appointed by the Governor-General of New Zealand on recommendation of the House of Representatives to oversee investigation of complaints against government departments, and report, with recommendations, to Parliament.The post of Ombudsman was established in New...

     (Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata)
  • Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
    Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
    The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is an independent Officer of the New Zealand Parliament appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the House of Representatives for a five-year term under the Environment Act 1986...

     (Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata Aotearoa)


Public service departments

The public service
Civil service
The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....

 in New Zealand technically consists of solely the departments listed below.
  • Crown Law Office
    Crown Law Office (New Zealand)
    The Crown Law Office of New Zealand offers legal advice to the New Zealand Government. The Solicitor-General of New Zealand, David Collins, is the organisation's chief executive. Collins has held this position since August 2006. The position itself was established in 1875....

  • Department of Building and Housing
    Department of Building and Housing (New Zealand)
    The Department of Building and Housing , previously the Ministry of Housing, is a government agency within the New Zealand government. The current Chief executive is Katrina Bach. The Department of Building and Housing is responsible to the Minister for Building and Construction , and the Minister...

     (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
    • 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
      Immigration New Zealand
      Immigration New Zealand or INZ is a part of the Workforce group of the New Zealand Department of Labour. It is responsible for managing the benefits and consequences of immigration to New Zealand.-Visa:...

       (Te Ratonga Manene)
    • Occupational Safety and Health (Te Ratonga Oranga)
  • Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
    Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand)
    The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand is the department charged with supporting the Prime Minister of New Zealand and their Cabinet...

    • Cabinet Office
    • External Assessments Bureau
      External Assessments Bureau
      The National Assessments Bureau is one of New Zealand's intelligence agencies. It was formerly known as the External Assessments Bureau when it was renamed as its current status in 2010...

    • Honours Secretariat
  • Education Review Office
    New Zealand Education Review Office
    The Education Review Office or ERO is a relatively small state sector organisation of New Zealand tasked with reviewing and reporting publicly on the quality of education in all New Zealand schools...

     (Te Tari Arotake Matauranga)
  • Government Communications Security Bureau
    Government Communications Security Bureau
    The Government Communications Security Bureau is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.The mission statement is given as:To contribute to the national security of New Zealand through:...

    • Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)
  • Inland Revenue Department
    Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)
    Inland Revenue , previously known as the Inland Revenue Department, is the New Zealand government department responsible for the collection of over 80% of the Crown's revenue in New Zealand. It also collects and disburses social support programme payments and provides the government with policy...

     (Te Tari Taake)
  • Land Information New Zealand
    Land Information New Zealand
    Land Information New Zealand is a New Zealand government agency. The current Chief Executive is Colin MacDonald and the current Minister of Land Information is Maurice Williamson.- Nature and scope of functions :...

     (Toitu te whenua)
    • Crown Property Management
    • New Zealand Geospatial Office
      New Zealand Geospatial Office
      New Zealand Geospatial Office is a business unit within Land Information New Zealand. Geographic information systemTheir responsibilities include:...

    • Overseas Investment Office
      Overseas Investment Office
      The Overseas Investment Office is the New Zealand government agency responsible for regulating foreign direct investment into New Zealand.- Overview :...

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
    Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)
    The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is the state sector organisation of New Zealand which deals with matters relating to agriculture, forestry and biosecurity...

     (Te Manatū Ahuwhenua Ngāherehere)
    • MAF Biosecurity New Zealand
  • Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Ministry for Culture and Heritage (New Zealand)
    The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is a government agency within the New Zealand government. The current Chief Executive is Lewis D. Holden. The current Minister for Culture and Heritage is Chris Finlayson.-History:...

     (Te Manatū Taonga)
  • Ministry of Defence (Manatu Kaupapa Waonga)
  • Ministry of Economic Development (Manatū Ōhanga)
    • Companies Office
      Companies Office
      The New Zealand Companies Office is a government agency that provides business registry services in relation to corporate entities, personal property and capital market securities...

    • Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
      Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
      The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand 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 part of the Ministry of Economic Development...

  • 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
    New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the New Zealand Government ministry responsible for promoting New Zealand's interests in trade and international relations....

     (Te Manatū Aorere)
    • New Zealand Agency for International Development
      New Zealand Agency for International Development
      The New Zealand Agency for International Development is the New Zealand Government's international aid and development agency. NZAID is a semi-autonomous body within the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade . Its Māori name is Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti – the paddles that bring...

       - NZAID (Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti)
  • Ministry of Health
    New Zealand Ministry of Health
    The Ministry of Health , formerly the Department of Health from 1903 to 1993, is a department of the New Zealand government. This is the channel through which the government channels its funding for health services, VOTE: Health.The ministry is overseen by the Minister of Health in the New Zealand...

    (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 Pacific Island Affairs (New Zealand)
    The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs seeks to promote the status of Pacific Island people in New Zealand. It does this by keeping informed of the issues, then advocating for Pacific Islanders to other public sector agencies....

  • Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
    Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (New Zealand)
    The Ministry of Research, Science and Technology was a government agency within the New Zealand government.Its main responsibilities were to:* Manage the Government's research, science and technology investment...

     (MoRST) (Te Manatū Pūtaiao)
  • Ministry of Social Development
    New Zealand Ministry of Social Development
    The Ministry of Social Development is a New Zealand government agency which has two main functions: providing social policy advice to the government, and providing social services. It is New Zealand’s largest government department employing people in over 200 locations around the country...

     (Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora)
    • Child, Youth and Family
      New Zealand Department of Child, Youth and Family Services
      Child, Youth and Family "CYF" , is the government agency that has legal powers to intervene to protect and help children who are being abused or neglected or who have problem behaviour. CYF works with the Police and the Courts in dealing with young offenders under the youth justice system...

       (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
    Ministry of Women's Affairs (New Zealand)
    The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is the Government’s source of advice on issues relevant to advancing the well-being of women. This encompasses women having real choices and using their strengths to maximise social and economic success...

     (Minitatanga mō ngā Wāhine)
  • New Zealand Customs Service
    New Zealand Customs Service
    The Customs Service is a state sector organisation of New Zealand whose role is to provide border control and protect the community from potential risks arising from international trade and travel, as well as collecting duties and taxes on imports to the country. New Zealand's Minister of Customs...

     (Te Mana Arai o Aotearoa)
  • Serious Fraud Office
    Serious Fraud Office (NZ)
    The New Zealand Serious Fraud Office is based upon the British model. The SFO works closely with the New Zealand Police in trying to prevent serious and complex fraud....

     (Te Tari Hara Taware)
  • State Services Commission
    State Services Commission
    The State Services Commission , formerly the Public Service Commission, is a central government agency within the New Zealand government. The current State Services Commissioner is Iain Rennie...

     (Te Komihana O Ngā Tari Kāwanatanga)
  • Statistics New Zealand
    Statistics New Zealand
    Statistics New Zealand is the national statistical office of New Zealand.-Organisation:New Zealand's Minister of Statistics is Maurice Williamson who serves as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and holds several other posts within government...

     (Te Tari Tatau)
  • Te Puni Kōkiri
    Te Puni Kokiri
    Te Puni Kōkiri is a New Zealand Public Sector Department responsible for Māori public policy and policy affecting Māori.The department, called TPK for short, reports to the Minister of Māori Affairs...

     (Ministry of Māori Development)
    • Māori Trust Office
  • The Treasury
    New Zealand Treasury
    The New Zealand Treasury is a public sector organisation and the Government’s lead advisor on economic and financial policy. Its role is to help the Government improve economic performance and manage scarce resources...

     (Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa)
    • New Zealand Debt Management Office
    • Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU)


State services organisations outside the core public service

  • New Zealand Defence Force
    New Zealand Defence Force
    The New Zealand Defence Force consists of three services: the Royal New Zealand Navy; the New Zealand Army; and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Commander-in-Chief of the NZDF is His Excellency Rt. Hon...

     (NZDF) (Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa)
    • New Zealand Cadet Forces
      New Zealand Cadet Forces
      The New Zealand Cadet Forces is a voluntary military training organisation for youth. Run in a partnership between the Ministry of Defence, New Zealand Defence Force and a number of appointed community organizations, it is composed of three Corps: the Air Training Corps , the New Zealand Cadet...

      • Air Training Corps
        New Zealand Air Training Corps
        The Air Training Corps or ATC is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the New Zealand Cadet Corps and Sea Cadet Corps. It is funded in partnership between the RNZAF and communities, and its members are civilians. Members have no obligation to head into the...

      • New Zealand Cadet Corps
        New Zealand Cadet Corps
        The New Zealand Cadet Corps , 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 title of the NZCC, but an army theme is used for the NZCC. All of its members, from the...

      • Sea Cadet Corps
        New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps
        The Sea Cadet Corps or Sea Cadets, is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Air Training Corps, and the New Zealand Cadet Corps. Its members are civilians. Members have no obligation to join the New Zealand Defence Force however some do choose to join...

    • NZDF armed forces
      • New Zealand Army
        New Zealand Army
        The New Zealand Army , is the land component of the New Zealand Defence Force and comprises around 4,500 Regular Force personnel, 2,000 Territorial Force personnel and 500 civilians. Formerly the New Zealand Military Forces, the current name was adopted around 1946...

         (Ngāti Tumatauenga)
        • Regular Force
        • Territorial Force
        • Army Reserve
      • Royal New Zealand Navy
        Royal New Zealand Navy
        The Royal New Zealand Navy is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

         (RNZN)
        • Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
        • Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
          Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
          The Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal New Zealand Navy .-Early history:The first Naval Volunteer units were formed in Auckland and Nelson in 1858. Over the rest of the 19th century Naval Volunteer units were formed in various ports such as Bluff,...

           (RNZNVR)
      • Royal New Zealand Air Force
        Royal New Zealand Air Force
        The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

         (RNZAF)
        • Air Force Reserve
        • Royal New Zealand Air Force
          Royal New Zealand Air Force
          The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

           (RNZAF)
        • Territorial Air Force
    • Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (Te Tira Ahu Ika A Whiro) (semi-autonomous body)
  • New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
    New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
    The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.-Purpose:As a civilian organisation, the Security Intelligence Service takes no part in the enforcement of security...

    • Intelligence and Security Committee, The
  • Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
    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.The Office of the Clerk is the legislature’s secretariat. It provides specialist advice on procedure and parliamentary law and secretariat services...

    • Reporting Services (Hansard)
  • Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)
    Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)
    The Parliamentary Counsel Office is a New Zealand Public Sector Organisation of the New Zealand Government. The PCO is staffed by Parliamentary Counsel, who are responsible for drafting most New Zealand legislation and publishing the official version of New Zealand Acts of Parliament and Statutory...

     (Te Tari Tohutohu Paremata)
  • Parliamentary Service Commission
    • Visitor Services
  • New Zealand Police
    New Zealand Police
    The New Zealand Police is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand...

     (Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa)


Crown agents
  • Accident Compensation Corporation
    Accident Compensation Corporation
    The Accident Compensation Corporation is a New Zealand Crown entity responsible for administering the Accident Compensation Act 2001. The Act provides support to citizens, residents, and temporary visitors who have suffered personal injuries....

     (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara)
  • Career Services
    Career Services
    In May 2011 Career Services changed its name to Careers New Zealand.Careers New Zealand is a New Zealand Crown agent which offers expert, free advice and support to help New Zealanders make smart, well-informed decisions about their career...

  • Civil Aviation Authority
    Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
    The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand is the government agency tasked with establishing civil aviation safety and security standards in New Zealand....

  • Crown Health Financing Agency
  • District Health Boards 
    • Auckland District Health Board (Auckland
      Auckland
      The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

      )
    • Bay of Plenty District Health Board (Tauranga)
    • Canterbury District Health Board (Christchurch
      Christchurch
      Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

      )
    • Capital and Coast District Health Board (Wellington
      Wellington
      Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

      , Porirua
      Porirua
      Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

       and Kapiti Coast
      Kapiti Coast
      The Kapiti Coast is the name of the section of the coast of the south-western North Island of New Zealand that is north of Wellington and opposite Kapiti Island. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Regional Council...

      )
    • Counties-Manukau District Health Board (Otahuhu)
    • Hawke's Bay District Health Board (Napier
      Napier, New Zealand
      Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

      )
    • Hutt Valley District Health Board (Hutt Valley
      Hutt Valley, New Zealand
      The Hutt Valley is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Like the river that flows through it, it takes its name from Sir William Hutt, a director of the New Zealand Company in early colonial New Zealand.The river flows roughly along...

       - Lower Hutt
      Lower Hutt
      Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

      , Upper Hutt
      Upper Hutt
      Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...

      )
    • Lakes District Health Board (Rotorua)
    • MidCentral District Health Board (Palmerston North)
    • Nelson-Marlborough District Health Board (Nelson
      Nelson, New Zealand
      Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

      )
    • Northland District Health Board (Whangarei)
    • Otago District Health Board (Dunedin
      Dunedin
      Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

      )
    • South Canterbury District Health Board (Timaru)
    • Southland District Health Board (Invercargill)
    • Tairawhiti District Health Board (Gisborne
      Gisborne, New Zealand
      -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

      )
    • Taranaki District Health Board (New Plymouth
      New Plymouth
      New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

      )
    • Waikato District Health Board (Hamilton
      Hamilton, New Zealand
      Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

      )
    • Wairarapa District Health Board (Masterton
      Masterton
      Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...

      )
    • Waitemata District Health Board (Auckland
      Auckland
      The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

      )
    • West Coast District Health Board (Greymouth)
    • Whanganui District Health Board (Wanganui)
  • Earthquake Commission
    Earthquake Commission
    The Earthquake Commission provides primary natural disaster insurance to the owners of residential properties in New Zealand. The Government-owned Crown entity manages assets of $5.93 billion NZD...

  • Electricity Authority
    Electricity Authority (NZ)
    The New Zealand Electricity Authority is an Independent Crown Entity responsible for the regulation of the New Zealand electricity market.In Authority was established in November 2010, following a government review of the electricity industry, and has a narrower focus on industry competition,...

     (Te Komihana Hiko)
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
    Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
    Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is a New Zealand government/crown agency responsible for promoting energy efficiency and conservation....

  • Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
    Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
    The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology was a Crown Entity of New Zealand, established by the Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology Act 1990....

  • Health Research Council of New Zealand
    Health Research Council of New Zealand
    The Health Research Council of New Zealand 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....

  • Health Sponsorship Council
    Health Sponsorship Council
    The is a New Zealand Crown Entity that uses health promotion to promote health and encourage healthy lifestyles.The long-term focus of the HSC is on reducing the social, financial and health sector costs of smoking, skin cancer, problem gambling, and obesity.HSC uses communication and marketing...

  • Housing New Zealand Corporation
    Housing New Zealand Corporation
    Housing New Zealand Corporation is a Crown agent that provides housing services for New Zealanders in need. It is also the New Zealand Government's principal advisor on housing. Housing New Zealand is a statutory corporation set up under the Housing Corporation Act 1974, as amended by the Housing...

  • Legal Services Agency
  • Maritime New Zealand
    Maritime New Zealand
    Maritime New Zealand is a Crown entity responsible for protecting the maritime environment within New Zealand and maintaining safety and security....

  • New Zealand Antarctic Institute
    Antarctica New Zealand
    Antarctica New Zealand is an Institute set up by the New Zealand Government in 1996 to manage its interests in Antarctica and the Ross Sea. As well as providing logistics support to a large scientific programme, it also runs bases such as Scott Base...

  • New Zealand Blood Service
    New Zealand Blood Service
    The New Zealand Blood Service is the body primarily responsible for blood donation and related services in New Zealand.Unlike its Australian counterpart, the NZBS is a service operated by the New Zealand Government, not the New Zealand Red Cross....

  • New Zealand Fire Service Commission
    New Zealand Fire Service Commission
    The New Zealand Fire Service Commission is the overseeing authority controlling the New Zealand Fire Service and the New Zealand National Rural Fire Authority...

  • New Zealand Qualifications Authority
    New Zealand Qualifications Authority
    The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the New Zealand government crown entity tasked with providing leadership in assessment and qualifications....

  • New Zealand Tourism Board
    Tourism New Zealand
    Tourism New Zealand is the national institution tasked with 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 1991...

  • New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is the government of New Zealand's official economic development agency. It works to stimulate growth, boost export earnings, strengthen regional economies, and deliver economic development assistance to industries and individual businesses...

  • New Zealand Transport Agency
    New Zealand Transport Agency
    The New Zealand Transport Agency is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing and investigating rail accidents. It was created on 1 August 2008 by the Land Transport Management Amendment...

  • New Zealand Walking Access Commission
  • Pharmaceutical Management Agency
    Pharmaceutical Management Agency
    The Pharmaceutical Management Agency is the New Zealand Crown agent that decides, on behalf of District Health Boards, which medicines and related products are subsidised for use in the community and public hospitals.PHARMAC was created in 1993 to ensure that New Zealanders get the best possible...

  • Real Estate Agents Authority
  • Social Workers Registration Board
  • Sport and Recreation New Zealand
    Sport and Recreation New Zealand
    Sport and Recreation New Zealand is the New Zealand government body responsible for community sport and recreation programs. It was formed on 1 January 2003 and took over the functions of the Hillary Commission, the New Zealand Sports Foundation and the policy arm of the Office of Tourism and...

  • Tertiary Education Commission


Autonomous crown entities
  • Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
    Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
    The Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand was established in 1976, by the government of New Zealand, under the Alcohol Advisory Council Act of 1976, following a report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Sale of Liquor...

  • Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
  • Broadcasting Commission
    New Zealand On Air
    NZ On Air is an independent New Zealand broadcast funding agency. It is an autonomous crown entity separate from central Government and governed by a Board of six appointed by the Minister of Broadcasting...

     (New Zealand on Air) (Irirangi Te Motu)
  • Charities Commission
    Charities Commission (New Zealand)
    The Charities Commission is a New Zealand crown entity, established by the Charities Act 2005, whose responsibilities include:*maintaining and monitoring a register of charities*receiving annual returns and monitoring the activities of charities...

  • Environmental Risk Management Authority
    Environmental Risk Management Authority
    The Environmental Risk Management Authority is a New Zealand government agency which controls the introduction of hazardous substances and new organisms....

  • Families Commission
    Families Commission (New Zealand)
    The Families Commission is a New Zealand crown entity, established by the Families Commission Act 2003, whose responsibilities include increasing public awareness and promoting better understanding of matters relating to the interests of families, shaping government policies that promote or serve...

  • Government Superannuation Fund Authority
  • Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
  • Mental Health Commission
  • Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...

  • New Zealand Artificial Limb Board
  • New Zealand Film Commission
    New Zealand Film Commission
    The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...

  • New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga)
    New Zealand Historic Places Trust
    The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is a non-profit trust that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand...

  • New Zealand Lotteries Commission
  • New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is the national orchestra of New Zealand. It is a crown entity owned by the Government of New Zealand, with 90 full-time players....

  • New Zealand Teachers Council
  • Public Trust
  • Retirement Commission
    Retirement Commission
    The Retirement Commission is a Crown Entity under the New Zealand Crown Entities Act 2004....

  • Standards Council
  • Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)
    Te Mangai Paho
    Te Māngai Pāho is a New Zealand Crown Entity responsible for promotion of Māori language and culture by providing funding for Māori language programming on radio and television....

  • Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission)
    Maori Language Commission
    New Zealand's Māori Language Commission is an autonomous crown entity set up under the Māori Language Act 1987 with the following functions:...

  • Testing Laboratory Registration Council


Independent crown entities
  • Accounting Standards Review Board
    Accounting Standards Review Board
    Accounting Standards Review Board is a body set up to review and approve financial reporting standards in New Zealand. It was formed by the Financial Reporting Act of 1993ASRB can have between four to seven members...

  • Broadcasting Standards Authority
    Broadcasting Standards Authority
    The Broadcasting Standards Authority 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 functions of the BSA are:...

  • Children's Commissioner (New Zealand)
  • Commerce Commission
    Commerce Commission
    The Commerce Commission is a New Zealand government agency charged with enforcing legislation that promotes competition in the country's markets and prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct by traders...

  • Drug Free Sport New Zealand
  • Electoral Commission
    Electoral Commission (New Zealand)
    The Electoral Commission of New Zealand is a governmental body responsible for administering certain aspects of the country's electoral system....

  • Health and Disability Commissioner
    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 consumers, and facilitating the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints.-External links:*...

  • New Zealand Human Rights Commission
    New Zealand Human Rights Commission
    The Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution in New Zealand. It is funded through the Ministry of Justice, but operates independently of the New Zealand Government...

  • Independent Police Conduct Authority
  • Law Commission
    New Zealand Law Commission
    New Zealand's Law Commission was established in 1986 by the Law Commission Act 1985. The Commission is a Crown Entity under the Crown Entities Act 2004....

  • Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand)
    Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand)
    The Office of Film and Literature Classification is the government agency in New Zealand that is responsible for classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in New Zealand...

  • Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
  • Securities Commission
    Securities Commission of New Zealand
    The Securities Commission was an independent Crown Entity of the government of New Zealand and the main regulator of investments. It was replaced on the 1 May 2011 by the Financial Markets Authority ....

  • 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
    Radio New Zealand
    Radio New Zealand is a New Zealand public service radio broadcaster and Crown entity formed by the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news, current affairs and arts network Radio New Zealand National and classical music and jazz network Radio New Zealand Concert with full government funding...

  • Television New Zealand Limited
    Television New Zealand
    Television New Zealand, more commonly referred to, and stylized as TVNZ, is a government-owned corporation television network broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific. It operates TV1, TV2, TVNZ7, TVNZ Heartland, TVNZ U and new media services....

     (TVNZ)

Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)


(with principal campuses)
  • AgResearch (New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) (Ruakura
    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 .The Waikato region is a major contributor to New Zealand's agricultural-based economy, and...

    , Hamilton
    Hamilton, New Zealand
    Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

    )
  • Crop & Food Research (New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Limited) (Lincoln
    Lincoln, New Zealand
    Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. The town has a population of 2,727.-Location:It is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch.-History:...

    )
  • ESR
    Institute of Environmental Science and Research
    The Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited is a Crown Research Institute in New Zealand.ESR's work underpins the health and justice systems in New Zealand by providing services in environmental health and forensic science....

     (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited) (Porirua
    Porirua
    Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

    )
  • Forest Research (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) (Rotorua)
  • GNS Science
    GNS Science
    GNS Science is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. It focuses on geology, geophysics , and nuclear science ....

     (formerly Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited) (Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

    )
  • HortResearch (The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited) (Auckland)
  • IRL
    Industrial Research Limited
    Industrial Research Limited is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. IRL provides research, development and commercialisation services aim at fostering industry development, economic growth and business expansion...

     (Industrial Research Limited) Web page (Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

    )
  • Landcare Research
    Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
    Landcare Research is one of New Zealand's Crown Research Institutes. The focus of the research at this company is the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability.-History:...

     (Landcare Research New Zealand Limited) (Lincoln
    Lincoln, New Zealand
    Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. The town has a population of 2,727.-Location:It is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch.-History:...

    )
  • NIWA
    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
    The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA , is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. Established in 1992, NIWA conducts commercial and non-commercial research across a broad range of disciplines in the environmental sciences...

     (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited) (Wellington
    Wellington
    Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

    )
  • Institute For Social Research and Development Limited (Wellington
    Wellington
    Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

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


Tertiary education institutions


State-owned tertiary institutions consist of universities, colleges of education (teachers colleges), polytechnics (institutes of technology) and wānanga
Wananga
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 Education Act 1989 specifies that wānanga resemble mainstream universities in many ways...

. 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
    Auckland University of Technology
    The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...

     (AUT) (Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) (Auckland)
  • Correspondence School, The
    The Correspondence School
    Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu or Te Kura is New Zealand's largest school with around 25,000 students enrolled each year, from early childhood to secondary level. It is headquartered in Portland Crescent in Thorndon, Wellington...

  • Lincoln University
    Lincoln University, New Zealand
    Lincoln University is a New Zealand university that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury...

     (Lincoln
    Lincoln, New Zealand
    Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. The town has a population of 2,727.-Location:It is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch.-History:...

    )
  • Massey University
    Massey University
    Massey University is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students, 20,000 of whom are extramural students.The University has campuses in Palmerston North , Wellington and Auckland . Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally...

     (Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa) (Palmerston North, Wellington
    Wellington
    Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

    , Napier
    Napier, New Zealand
    Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

     and Albany, North Shore
    North Shore, New Zealand
    North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...

    )
    • Massey University College of Education (Palmerston North, Wellington
      Wellington
      Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

      , Napier
      Napier, New Zealand
      Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

       and Albany, North Shore
      North Shore, New Zealand
      North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...

      )
  • University of Auckland
    University of Auckland
    The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...

     (Te Whare Wānanga O Tamaki Makaurau) (Auckland)
    • Auckland College of Education
      Auckland College of Education
      Auckland College of Education was a college of education located in Auckland, New Zealand. On 1 September 2004 it amalgamated with the University of Auckland and formed a new Faculty of Education with the university’s School of Education.-History:...

       (ACE) (Te Kura Akoranga o Tamaki Makaurau) (Auckland and Whangarei
      Whangarei
      Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...

      )
  • University of Canterbury
    University of Canterbury
    The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...

     (Te Whare Wānanga O Waitaha) (Christchurch
    Christchurch
    Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

    )
  • University of Otago
    University of Otago
    The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...

     (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) (Dunedin
    Dunedin
    Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

    , Christchurch
    Christchurch
    Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

     and Wellington
    Wellington
    Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

    )
  • University of Waikato
    University of Waikato
    The University of Waikato is located in Hamilton and Tauranga, New Zealand, and was established in 1964. It has strengths across a broad range of subject areas, particularly its degrees in Computer Science and in Management...

     (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) (Hamilton
    Hamilton, New Zealand
    Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

     and Tauranga)
    • University of Waikato School of Education (Hamilton
      Hamilton, New Zealand
      Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

      )
  • Victoria University of Wellington
    Victoria University of Wellington
    Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...

     (VUW) (Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui) (Wellington
    Wellington
    Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

    )
    • Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education
      Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education
      The Faculty of Education of Victoria University of Wellington was formed from the former School of Education of the University, and the former Wellington College of Education on 1 January 2005....

       (previously Wellington College of Education (WCE) (Te Whānau o Ako Pai ki te Upoko o te Ika)) (Wellington
      Wellington
      Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

       and Wanganui)

Colleges of education

(with campuses)
  • Christchurch College of Education
    Christchurch College of Education
    Christchurch College of Education was a college of education founded in 1873 located in Christchurch, New Zealand until it was amalgamated with the University of Canterbury and formed a new Faculty of Education with the university’s School of Education. It houses the Henry Field Library....

     (CCE) (Te Whare Whai Mātauraka Ki Ōtautahi) (Christchurch
    Christchurch
    Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

     and Nelson
    Nelson, New Zealand
    Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

    )
  • Dunedin College of Education
    Dunedin College of Education
    The University of Otago College of Education is a teacher-training facility in Dunedin, New Zealand, run as part of the University of Otago since 2007. Formerly called Dunedin College of Education , the college was founded in 1876, and has the longest continuous history of teacher education in New...

     (DCE) (Te Kura Akau Taitoka) (Dunedin
    Dunedin
    Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

     and Invercargill). Amalgamated with the University of Otago
    University of Otago
    The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...

     in 2007

Polytechnics and institutes of technology
Institute of technology
Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...


(with principal campus only)
  • Aoraki Polytechnic
    Aoraki Polytechnic
    Aoraki Polytechnic is a public NZ Tertiary Education Institution. Aoraki Polytechnic's main campus is based in central Timaru, South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. It also has campuses offering a variety of programmes in Ashburton, Oamaru, Christchurch and Dunedin....

     (Timaru)
  • Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
    Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
    According to its Bay of Plenty Polytechnic offers the largest range of New Zealand Qualifications Authority approved programmes in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty....

     (Tauranga)
  • Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
    Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
    The Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology , formerly the Christchurch Technical College, is an institute of technology in Christchurch, New Zealand...

     (CPIT) (Christchurch
    Christchurch
    Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

    )
  • Eastern Institute of Technology
    Eastern Institute of Technology
    The Eastern Institute of Technology is a public Tertiary Education Institution in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.It is also referred to as EIT Hawke's Bay or simply EIT. EIT serves as the main regional higher education centre for Hawke's Bay...

     (EIT) (Taradale)
  • Manukau Institute of Technology
    Manukau Institute of Technology
    Manukau Institute of Technology is a large institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on two campuses in Otara, 30 minutes from central Auckland and 15 minutes from the central area of Manukau.-Campus:...

     (MIT) (South Auckland
    South Auckland
    South Auckland is an imprecisely defined area of Auckland, New Zealand, often stereotyped as a socio-economically disadvantaged, and sometimes rough, urban area with a relatively large Polynesian and Māori population. The name South Auckland is not an official place name but is in common use by New...

    )
  • Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
    Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
    Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology is a New Zealand public Tertiary Education Institution. The main campuses are in Nelson and Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand. It has been providing tertiary education in the Nelson-Marlborough region since 1904...

     (NMIT) (Nelson
    Nelson, New Zealand
    Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

    )
  • NorthTec
    NorthTec
    NorthTec is the largest tertiary education provider in northern New Zealand. NorthTec is the only Northland-based Tertiary Education Institute that provides programmes ranging from foundation, certificate, diploma and degree levels....

    , formerly Northland Polytechnic (Whangarei)
  • Otago Polytechnic
    Otago Polytechnic
    The Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with campuses throughout the region of Otago including Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown....

     (Dunedin
    Dunedin
    Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

    )
  • Southern Institute of Technology
    Southern Institute of Technology
    The Southern Institute of Technology is the most well recognised Tertiary Education Institution of the province of Southland, New Zealand....

     (SIT) (Invercargill)
  • Tai Poutini Polytechnic
    Tai Poutini Polytechnic
    Tai Poutini Polytechnic is a selection of campuses spread across New Zealand offering many different courses in tertiary education. The main campus is based in Greymouth on the West Coast region of New Zealand, but also incorporates the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand|Music and Audio...

     (Greymouth)
  • Tairawhiti Polytechnic
    Tairawhiti Polytechnic
    Tairawhiti Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institution. The main campus is based in Gisborne in the North Island. It provides full- and part-time education leading to certificates, diplomas, and applied bachelor's degrees.- Subjects :...

     (Gisborne
    Gisborne, New Zealand
    -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

    )
  • Telford Rural Polytechnic
    Telford Rural Polytechnic
    Telford Rural Polytechnic is a public Tertiary Education Institution. Its campus is in Otanomomo, just south of Balclutha, South Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.In 2010, a merger of the Polytechnic with Lincoln University was proposed...

     (Otanomomo
    Otanomomo
    Otanomomo is a locality in the South Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated on the banks of the Clutha River, roughly 6 km south of Balclutha. Nearby settlements include Finegand to the north, Paretai, Puerua, and Romahapa to the south, and Waitepeka to the west.- Education :A...

    )
  • The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
    The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
    The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand or Open Polytechnic is a Government-owned tertiary education institution operating as the specialist national provider of open and distance learning ....

     (Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

    )
  • UCOL
    Universal College of Learning
    The Universal College of Learning is a New Zealand Government TEI located primarily in Palmerston North but has campuses also in the other parts of the lower North Island.-Facilities:...

     (Universal College of Learning) (Palmerston North)
  • Unitec Institute of Technology (Auckland)
  • Waiariki Institute of Technology
    Waiariki Institute of Technology
    Waiariki Institute of Technology, based in Rotorua, is one of the largest tertiary institutes outside the university centres in New Zealand. Originally developed as a centre for adult and trades education, the institute began to offer bachelor degree courses in the early 1990s.- Location :The main...

     (Rotorua)
  • Waikato Institute of Technology
    Waikato Institute of Technology
    The Waikato Institute of Technology, marketed as Wintec, is a technological learning institute based in Hamilton, New Zealand, and the fifth largest institute of technology/polytechnic within New Zealand, with around 16,000 full-time and part-time students, 1,200 full-time and part-time staff — and...

     (WINTEC) (Hamilton
    Hamilton, New Zealand
    Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

    )
  • Wellington Institute of Technology
    Wellington Institute of Technology
    The Wellington Institute of Technology, or WelTec is a public New Zealand polytechnic based in Petone. WelTec was formed by an amalgamation between the Central Institute of Technology and the Hutt Valley Polytechnic in 2001. Hutt Valley Polytechnic was established in 1904. WelTec delivers...

     (WelTec) (Petone
    Petone
    Petone is a major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the narrow triangular plain of the Hutt River, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour...

     and Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt
    Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

    )
  • Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
    Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
    Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki is the largest Tertiary Education Institution in the province of Taranaki, New Zealand.The institute has two campuses around Taranaki; the Main Campus is situated in New Plymouth, and the other is located in Hawera. It is famed for its Zero Fee Scheme...

     (New Plymouth
    New Plymouth
    New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

    )
  • Whitireia Community Polytechnic
    Whitireia Community Polytechnic
    Whitireia Community Polytechnic is a crown owned tertiary education institute in New Zealand.-History:Whitireia was founded in 1986 in Porirua and was originally named Parumoana Community College...

     (WCP) (Porirua
    Porirua
    Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

    )

See also: Institute of technology#New Zealand
Wānanga


(with principal campus only)

The following wānanga are those who have been granted Crown entity
Crown entities
A Crown entity 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...

 status; there are many that have not.
  • Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
    Te Wananga o Aotearoa
    Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is a tertiary education provider, specifically a wānanga, in New Zealand. The organisation was established to improve the social and economic wellbeing of those who had previously had negative experiences with the secondary education system...

     (TWOA) (Te Awamutu
    Te Awamutu
    Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato 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 Wānanga-o-Raukawa (TWOR) (Ōtaki
    Otaki, New Zealand
    Otaki is a town in the Kapiti Coast District of the North Island of New Zealand, situated half way between the capital city Wellington, 70 kilometres to the southwest, and Palmerston North, 70 kilometres to the northeast. It marks the northernmost point of the Wellington Region. The town's...

    )
  • 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
State-Owned Enterprises of New Zealand
State-owned enterprises in New Zealand are registered companies listed under Schedules 1 and 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986...

 as amended)
  • AgriQuality Limited
    AgriQuality Limited
    AsureQuality Limited is a state-owned Enterprise fully owned by the Government of New Zealand. The company's expertise lies in the areas of Food safety and Biosecurity...

  • Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
    Airways New Zealand
    Airways New Zealand is the sole Air Traffic Service provider in New Zealand.The company was created 1987 as a State-Owned Enterprise having formerly being a division of the Ministry of Transport, a government department. This followed the recommendations of the 1986 Mason-Morris Review...

  • Animal Control Products Limited
    Animal Control Products Limited
    Animal Control Products Limited is a state-owned enterprise of the New Zealand government. Its main business is the manufacture and sale of pest management products.-History:...

  • AsureQuality Limited
  • Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
    Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
    The Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise formed on 1 April 1987, as a transition entity in the process of deregulating the New Zealand electricity market...

  • Genesis Power Limited
  • Kordia (formerly BCL)
  • Landcorp Farming Limited
    Landcorp
    Landcorp Farming Limited is a state-owned enterprise of the New Zealand government. Its core business is pastoral farming including dairy, sheep, beef and deer...

  • Learning Media Limited
  • MCS Limited (listed in Act; never established)
  • Meridian Energy Limited
    Meridian Energy
    Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand state-owned electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 32 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending 31 December 2009, and is the fourth-equal largest retailer, with...

  • Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
    Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
    Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited was established as a State-Owned Enterprise in 1992. It employs about 215 staff and its headquarters are in Wellington, New Zealand...

  • Mighty River Power Limited
  • New Zealand Post Limited
    New Zealand Post
    New Zealand Post, commonly referred by its acronym, NZPost is a State owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand.-History:...

  • ONTRACK
    OnTrack
    OnTrack was a regional rail line that operated in Syracuse, New York from 1994 to 2007. During its operation, Syracuse was the smallest city in the United States to have regional train service. The line ran from Colvin Street on the city's south side via Syracuse University and Armory Square to the...

     (formerly the New Zealand Railways Corporation)
  • Quotable Value Ltd (QV)
  • Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
    Solid Energy
    Solid Energy is the largest coal mining company in New Zealand and is a state owned enterprise of the New Zealand Government.The company was formed from the former government department State Coal Mines. It was then established as a state owned enterprise called Coal Corporation in 1987, and...

  • Terralink International
    Terralink International
    Terralink International is a New Zealand owned and operated provider of Geographic information systems and mapping solutions.- Overview :...

     (privatised)
  • Timberlands West Coast Limited
    Timberlands West Coast Limited
    Timberlands West Coast Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise based on the West Coast.It was formed to manage the native and exotic forests on the West Coast of the defunct New Zealand Forest Service....

  • Transpower New Zealand Limited
    Transpower New Zealand Limited
    Transpower New Zealand Limited is the state-owned enterprise responsible for electric power transmission in New Zealand. Transpower performs two major functions in the New Zealand Electricity Market...



Local government

Local government in New Zealand consists of city councils, district councils and regional councils
Regions of New Zealand
The region is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regions of New Zealand. Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities which also perform the functions of a regional council and thus are known as unitary authorities...

. These are all also known as "local authorities". City councils and district councils are collectively known as territorial authorities
Territorial authorities of New Zealand
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...

.

Historic departments

  • New Zealand Railways Department
    New Zealand Railways Department
    The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system. The Department was created in 1880 and was reformed in 1981 into the New...

     (corporatised in 1981 as a state-owned enterprise, the New Zealand Railways Corporation, including the infrastructure, which is now ONTRACK
    OnTrack
    OnTrack was a regional rail line that operated in Syracuse, New York from 1994 to 2007. During its operation, Syracuse was the smallest city in the United States to have regional train service. The line ran from Colvin Street on the city's south side via Syracuse University and Armory Square to the...

    )
  • Ministry of Works
    New Zealand Ministry of Works
    The New Zealand Ministry of Works, formerly the Department of Public Works and sometimes referred to as the Public Works Department or PWD, was founded in 1876 and disestablished and privatised in 1988...

     (formerly the Department of Public Works)
  • New Zealand Post Office
    New Zealand Post Office
    The New Zealand Post Office was a New Zealand government department.As a Government Department, the New Zealand Post Office or N.Z.P.O., previously the Post and Telegraph Department or P & T, had as the political head the Postmaster General who was a member of Cabinet, and, when it was a separate...

     (corporatised in 1987 as New Zealand Post
    New Zealand Post
    New Zealand Post, commonly referred by its acronym, NZPost is a State owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand.-History:...

    , PostBank
    PostBank
    PostBank was the trading name of the Post Office Bank Limited, a bank owned by the New Zealand Government. PostBank was formed when the New Zealand Post Office was split up by the Postal Services Act 1987 into Post Office Bank Ltd , New Zealand Post Ltd and Telecom Corporation of New Zealand...

     and Telecom
    Telecom New Zealand
    Telecom New Zealand is a New Zealand-wide communications service provider , providing fixed line telephone services, a mobile network, an internet service provider , a major ICT provider to NZ businesses , and a wholesale network infrastructure provider to other NZ CSPs...

    )
  • Land Transport New Zealand
    Land Transport New Zealand
    Land Transport New Zealand was a Crown entity in New Zealand, tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, and includes responsibilities such as driver and vehicle licensing...

  • State Hydro Department, became New Zealand Electricity Department, then NZE, then ECNZ
    Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
    The Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise formed on 1 April 1987, as a transition entity in the process of deregulating the New Zealand electricity market...

  • 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
    Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
    The Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand is an international and military affairs research centre located in Wellington, New Zealand...

  • New Zealand Cabinet
    New Zealand Cabinet
    The Cabinet of New Zealand functions as the policy and decision-making body of the executive branch within the New Zealand government system...

  • Institute of Public Administration New Zealand
    Institute of Public Administration New Zealand
    Institute of Public Administration New Zealand is a voluntary public administration organisation. IPANZ states their goal is to...



For local government, see:
  • List of cities in New Zealand
  • List of regions in New Zealand
  • Territorial Authorities of New Zealand
    Territorial authorities of New Zealand
    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...


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