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.

Legally, the legislative branch non-public service departments (the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Parliamentary Service), executive branch non-public service departments, and the public service departments are all part of "the Crown".

State sector

Offices of Parliament

  • Office of the Controller and Auditor-General (Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake)
  • Audit New Zealand (Te Mana Arotake)
  • Office of the Ombudsmen (Kaitiaki Mana Tangata)
  • Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata Aotearoa)

State services departments

Public service departments

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

  • Crown Law Office (Te Tari Ture o te Karauna)
  • Department of Conservation (Te Papa Atawhai)
  • Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)
  • Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua)
  • Archives New Zealand (Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga)
  • Births, Deaths and Marriages (Whānautanga, Matenga, Mārenatanga)
  • Censorship Compliance Unit
  • Charities Services (Ngā Ratonga Kaupapa Atawhai)
  • Local Government Commission (Mana Kāwanatanga ā Rohe)
  • National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Citizenship Office (Te Raraunga)
  • New Zealand Gazette Office (Te Kahiti o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Lottery Grants Board (Te Puna Tahua)
  • New Zealand Passports Office (Nga Uruwhenua)
  • Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector (Tari mō te Rāngai ā-Hāpori, ā Tūao)
  • The Translation Service (Te Pūtahi Whakawhiti Reo)
  • Gambling Commission
  • Film and Literature Board of Review
  • Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Te Tari o te Pirimia me te Komiti Matua)
  • Cabinet Office
  • Honours Secretariat
  • National Assessments Bureau
  • Education Review Office (Te Tari Arotake Matauranga)
  • Government Communications Security Bureau (Te Tira Tiaki)
  • National Cyber Security Centre
  • Inland Revenue Department (Te Tari Taake)
  • Land Information New Zealand (Toitu te Whenua)
  • Crown Property Management
  • New Zealand Geospatial Office
  • Overseas Investment Office
  • New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa)
  • Ministry for Culture and Heritage (Te Manatū Taonga)
  • Ministry for Pacific Peoples (Te Manatū mō ngā iwi o te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa)
  • Ministry for Primary Industries (Manatū Ahu Matua)
  • Agriculture & Investment Services (Tapuwae Ahuwhenua)
  • Biosecurity New Zealand (Tiakitanga Pūtaiao Aotearoa)
  • Fisheries New Zealand (Tini a Tangaroa)
  • He Taurikura Māori (Māori Partnerships & Investment)
  • New Zealand Food Safety (Haumaru Kai Aotearoa)
  • Te Uru Rākau (New Zealand Forest Service)
  • Ministry for Regulation (Te Manatū Waeture)
  • Ministry for the Environment (Manatū Mō Te Taiao)
  • Ministry for Women (Manatū Wāhine)
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Hīkina Whakatutuki)
  • Business.govt.nz
  • Companies Office, which also manages registers for motor-vehicle traders, financial-service providers, societies and trusts and personal-property securities.
  • Consumer Affairs, formerly the Ministry of Consumer Affairs
  • Electrical Workers Registration Board
  • Immigration New Zealand (Te Ratonga Manene)
  • Insolvency and Trustee Service
  • Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
  • Natural Hazards Research Platform
  • New Zealand Cycle Trail (Ngā Haerenga)
  • New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals
  • New Zealand Space Agency
  • Occupational Safety and Health (Te Ratonga Oranga)
  • Radio Spectrum Management
  • Social Housing Unit
  • Standards New Zealand (Te Mana Tautikanga o Aotearoa)
  • Ministry of Defence (Manatū Kaupapa Waonga)
  • Whaikaha (Ministry of Disabled People)
  • Ministry of Education (Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Te Manatū Aorere)
  • New Zealand Agency for International Development (Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti)
  • Ministry of Health (Manatū Hauora)
  • HealthPAC
  • New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (a.k.a. Medsafe)
  • Office of Radiation Safety
  • National Health Committee
  • New Zealand Health Information Service
  • Public Health Agency (Te Pou Hauora Tūmatanui)
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga)
  • Ministry of Justice (Tāhū o te Ture)
  • Crime Prevention Unit
  • Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development)
  • Ministry of Social Development (Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora)
  • Heartland Services (Ngā Ratonga ki te Manawa o te Whenua)
  • Ministry of Youth Development (Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi)
  • The Office for Seniors (Te Tari Kaumātua)
  • Studylink (Hoto Akoranga)
  • Work and Income (Te Hiranga Tangata)
  • Ministry of Transport (Te Manatū Waka)
  • New Zealand Customs Service (Te Mana Arai o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (Te Pā Whakamarumaru)
  • Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children)
  • Public Service Commission (Te Kawa Mataaho)
  • Serious Fraud Office (Te Tari Hara Taware)
  • Social Investment Agency (Toi Hau Tāngata)
  • Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa)
  • Te Tumu Paeroa (Office of the Maori Trustee)
  • The Treasury (Te Tai Ōhanga)
  • New Zealand Debt Management
  • New Zealand Export Credit

Departmental agencies

  • Cancer Control Agency (Te Aho o Te Kahu) hosted by the Ministry of Health
  • Charter School Agency (Te Tari Kura Hourua) hosted by the Ministry of Education
  • Ministry for Ethnic Communities (Te Tari Mātāwaka) hosted by the Department of Internal Affairs

:*replaces the Office of Ethnic Communities (previously Ethnic Affairs) that was part of Internal Affairs

  • National Emergency Management Agency (Te Rākau Whakamarumaru) hosted by the Department of Internal Affairs
  • Te Tari Whakatau (Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana) hosted by the Ministry of Justice

Interdepartmental executive boards

  • Border Executive Board hosted by the New Zealand Customs Service
  • Climate Change Chief Executives Board hosted by the Ministry for the Environment
  • Digital Executive Board hosted by the Department of Internal Affairs
  • Family Violence and Sexual Violence Executive Board hosted by the Ministry of Justice
  • Strategic Planning Reform Board hosted by the Ministry for the Environment

State services organisations outside the core public service

  • New Zealand Defence Force (Te Ope Kaatua o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Cadet Forces (Te Taua Tauira o Aotearoa)
  • Air Training Corps
  • New Zealand Cadet Corps
  • Sea Cadet Corps
  • Armed Forces of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tumatauenga)
  • Regular Force
  • Territorial Force
  • Army Reserve
  • New Zealand Naval
  • Royal New Zealand Navy (Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa)
  • Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
  • Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Naval Reserves
  • Royal New Zealand Air Force (Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa)
  • Regular Air Force
  • Territorial Air Force
  • Air Force Reserve
  • Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (Te Tira Ahu Ika a Whiro) (semi-autonomous body)
  • Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives (Te Tari o te Manahautū o te Whare Māngai)
  • Reporting Services (Hansard)
  • Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand) (Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata)
  • Parliamentary Service
  • Ara Institute of Canterbury (Christchurch)
  • Eastern Institute of Technology (Te Whare Takiura o Kahungungu) (Taradale)
  • Manukau Institute of Technology (Te Whare Takiura o Manukau) (South Auckland)
  • Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (Te Whare Wānanga o Te Tauihu o Te Waka a Māui) (Nelson)
  • NorthTec (Tai Tokerau Wānanga) (Whangarei)
  • Otago Polytechnic (Te Kura Matatini ki Otago) (Dunedin)
  • The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (Kuratini Tuwhera) (Lower Hutt)
  • Southern Institute of Technology (Te Whare Wānanga o Murihiku) (Invercargill)
  • Tai Poutini Polytechnic (Greymouth)
  • Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology (Rotorua, Tauranga)
  • Unitec Institute of Technology (Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka) (Auckland)
  • Universal College of Learning (Te Pae Mātauranga ki te Ao) (Palmerston North)
  • Waikato Institute of Technology (Te Kuratini o Waikato) (Hamilton)
  • Wellington Institute of Technology (Te Whare Wānanga o te Awakairangi) (Lower Hutt)
  • Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (Te Kura Matatini o Taranaki) (New Plymouth)
  • Whitireia Community Polytechnic (Te Kura Matatini o Whitireia) (Porirua)
Wānanga

(with principal campus only)

The following wānanga are those who have been granted Crown entity status; there are many that have not.

  • Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (Te Awamutu)
  • Te Wānanga o Raukawa (Ōtaki)
  • Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Whakatāne)

Independent statutory entities

  • Te Mātāwai

Public Finance Act Schedule 4 organisations

  • Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust
  • Asia New Zealand Foundation
  • Fish and Game Councils
  • Auckland and Waikato
  • Central South Island
  • Eastern
  • Hawke's Bay
  • Nelson Marlborough
  • North Canterbury
  • Northland
  • Otago
  • Southland
  • Taranaki
  • Wellington
  • West Coast
  • Leadership Development Centre Trust
  • Māori Trustee
  • National Pacific Radio Trust
  • New Zealand Fast Forward Limited
  • New Zealand Fish and Game Council
  • New Zealand Game Animal Council
  • New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
  • New Zealand Government Property Corporation
  • New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
  • Ngāi Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust
  • Pacific Co-operation Foundation
  • Pacific Island Business Development Trust
  • Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Limited
  • Reserve Boards (24)
  • Road Safety Trust
  • Sentencing Council

State-owned enterprises

The state enterprises are listed in Schedule 1 of the State-owned Enterprises Act.

  • Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited (a.k.a. Airways New Zealand)
  • Animal Control Products Limited (a.k.a. Pestoff)
  • AsureQuality Limited (Kaitiaki Kai)
  • Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited (a.k.a. Electricorp)
  • KiwiRail Holdings Limited
  • Kordia
  • Landcorp Farming Limited (a.k.a. Pāmu)
  • New Zealand Post Limited (Tukurau Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Railways Corporation
  • Quotable Value Limited
  • Transpower New Zealand Limited

Local government

Local government in New Zealand consists of city councils, district councils and regional councils. These are all also known as "local authorities". City councils and district councils are collectively known as territorial authorities.

Local authorities may set up various council-controlled organisations for specific purposes.

Regional councils

City and district councils

Historic organisations

  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
  • New Zealand Forest Service
  • Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited (Rangahau Ahumāra, a.k.a. HortResearch)
  • New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research (Mana Kai Rangahau, a.k.a. Crop & Food)
  • Department of Island Territories
  • Department of Labour (Te Tari Mahi)
  • Department of Lands and Survey
  • Department of Survey and Land Information (Te Puna Kōrero Whenua)
  • Land Transport New Zealand (Ikiiki Whenua Aotearoa)
  • Department of Industries and Commerce
  • Department of Trade and Industry
  • Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
  • New Zealand Marine Department
  • Department of Māori Affairs (Tari Māori)
  • Department for Courts (Te Tari Kooti)
  • Department of Education (Te Tari Mātauranga)
  • Mines Department
  • Audit Department (Te Tari Arotake o te Motu)
  • Transfund New Zealand (Arataki Aotearoa)
  • Traffic Safety Service (Te Manatū Waka)
  • New Zealand Post Office
  • State Hydro Electric Department
  • New Zealand Electricity Department
  • Productivity Commission (Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Railways Department (Te Tari Rerewē o Aotearoa)
  • Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (Te Manatū Pūtaiao)
  • Ministry of Science and Innovation (Te Pūnaha Hiringa Whakaea)
  • Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (Tūāpapa Rangahau Pūtaiao)
  • Department of Building and Housing (Te Tari Kaupapa Whare)
  • Ministry of Economic Development (Manatū Ōhanga)
  • Ministry of Works and Development
  • Department of Social Welfare
  • Child Youth and Family Service (Te Tari Awhina i te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whānau
  • New Zealand Wildlife Service
  • Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
  • Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority)
  • Terralink NZ Limited
  • Learning Media Limited (Te Pou Taki Kōrero)
  • Institute For Social Research and Development Limited
  • Transit New Zealand (Ararau Aotearoa)
  • Pike River Recovery Agency (Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa)
  • Office of Treaty Settlements (Te Kāhui Whakatau)
  • Social Policy Research and Evaluation Unit
  • Careers New Zealand
  • Charities Commission
  • Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (Kaunihera Whakatūpato Waipiro o Aotearoa)
  • Accounting Standards Review Board
  • Children and Young People's Commission (Mana Mokopuna)
  • Drug Free Sport New Zealand
  • Securities Commission of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Productivity Commission (Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Fast Forward Fund Limited
  • New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited

See also

  • Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
  • New Zealand Cabinet (Te Rūnanga o te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa)
  • Institute of Public Administration New Zealand

References

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