Public sector organisations in New Zealand comprise the state sector organisations plus those of local government .
Within the state sector lies the state services , and within this lies the core public service.[ 1]
Legally, the Legislative Branch non-public service departments (the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives [ 2] and the Parliamentary Service [ 3] ), Executive Branch non-public service departments , and the public service departments are all part of "the Crown".[ 4]
Offices of Parliament [ edit ]
State services departments [ edit ]
Public service departments [ edit ]
The public service in New Zealand technically consists solely of the departments listed below.
Departmental agencies [ edit ]
replaces the Office of Ethnic Communities (previously Ethnic Affairs) that was part of Internal Affairs[ 6]
Interdepartmental executive boards [ edit ]
State services organisations outside the core public service [ edit ]
Reserve Bank of New Zealand [ edit ]
Autonomous crown entities [ edit ]
Independent crown entities [ edit ]
Crown entity companies [ edit ]
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)[ edit ]
(with principal campuses)
AgResearch (New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) (Ruakura , Hamilton ) (Āta mātai, mātai whetū)
ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited) (Porirua ) (He Pūtaiao, He Tāngata)
Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) (Rotorua )
GNS Science (formerly Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited) (Lower Hutt ) (Te Pū Ao)
Landcare Research (Landcare Research New Zealand Limited) (Lincoln ) (Manaaki Whenua)
NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited) (Auckland ) (Taihoro Nukurangi)
Plant & Food Research (New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited) (Auckland ) (Rangahau Ahumāra Kai)
School boards of trustees [ edit ]
See: Education in New Zealand
Tertiary education institutions [ edit ]
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 .
(and amalgamated colleges of education, with principal campus only)
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics [ edit ]
(with principal campus only)
Crown entity subsidiaries of Te Pūkenga (the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology) (NZIST)[ 8]
(with principal campus only)
The following wānanga are those who have been granted Crown entity status; there are many that have not.
Independent statutory entities [ edit ]
Public Finance Act Schedule 4 Organisations [ edit ]
Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust
Asia New Zealand Foundation
Fish and Game Councils
Auckland and Waikato
Central South Island
Eastern
Hawke's Bay
Nelson Marlborough
North Canterbury
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Wellington
West Coast
Leadership Development Centre Trust
Māori Trustee
National Pacific Radio Trust
New Zealand Fast Forward Limited
New Zealand Fish and Game Council
New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
New Zealand Government Property Corporation
New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
Ngāi Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust
Pacific Co-operation Foundation
Pacific Island Business Development Trust
Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Limited
Reserve Boards (24)
Road Safety Trust
Sentencing Council
State-owned enterprises [ edit ]
The state enterprises are listed in Schedule 1 of the State-owned Enterprises Act.[ 9]
Local government in New Zealand consists of city councils, district councils and regional councils . These are all also known as "local authorities". City councils and district councils are collectively known as territorial authorities .[ 10]
Local authorities may set up various council-controlled organisations for specific purposes.
City and district councils [ edit ]
Historic organisations [ edit ]
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
New Zealand Forest Service
HortResearch and Crop and Food were merged in 2008 to form Plant & Food Research
Department of Island Territories
Department of Labour
Department of Lands and Survey
Land Transport New Zealand (merged into the NZ Transport Agency ) (Ikiiki Whenua Aotearoa)
Department of Industries and Commerce
Marine Department
Mines Department
Transfund New Zealand (Arataki Aotearoa) (merged into Land Transport New Zealand )
Traffic Safety Service (absorbed into New Zealand Police )
New Zealand Post Office (corporatised in 1987 as New Zealand Post , PostBank and Telecom )
State Hydro Department, became New Zealand Electricity Department, then NZE, then ECNZ
Productivity Commission (Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa)
New Zealand Railways Department (corporatised in 1981 as a state-owned enterprise , the New Zealand Railways Corporation , including the infrastructure, which is now trading as KiwiRail )
Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) (Te Manatū Pūtaiao)
Ministry of Works (formerly the Department of Public Works )
Department of Social Welfare (restructured in 1999)
Income Support Service became Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) (Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora)
Children, Young Persons and their Families Agency became Child Youth and Family Service (Te Tari Awhina i te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whānau)
the remainder of core services became part of the Ministry of Social Policy.
New Zealand Wildlife Service (a division of Internal Affairs)
Solid Energy New Zealand Limited (Went into administration and assets sold in 2015)[ 11]
Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority)
Terralink NZ Limited (privatised in 2001 and renamed Terralink_International , then merged with Property IQ to form CoreLogic NZ in 2014)
Learning Media Limited (Te Pou Taki Kōrero)
IRL (Industrial Research Limited) Web page (Te Taihu Pūtaiao) (Now part of Callaghan Innovation)
Institute For Social Research and Development Limited (Wellington ). Disestablished in 1995 after failing to achieve financial viability.
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