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".
Office of the Controller and Auditor-General (Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake)
Audit New Zealand
Office of the Ombudsmen (Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata)
Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata Aotearoa)
The public service in New Zealand technically consists of solely the departments listed below.
Crown Law Office
Department of Conservation (Te Papa Atawhai)
Department of Corrections (Ara Poutama Aotearoa)
Department of Internal Affairs (Te Tari Taiwhenua)
Archives New Zealand
Births, Deaths and Marriages (Whanautanga, Matenga, Marenatanga)
Censorship Compliance Unit
Local Government Commission
New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
National Library of New Zealand
Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector
Office of Ethnic Affairs
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 the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Cabinet Office
National Assessments Bureau
Honours Secretariat
Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (Te Rākau Whakamarumaru)
Education Review Office (Te Tari Arotake Matauranga)
Government Communications Security Bureau
Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP)
Inland Revenue Department (Te Tari Taake)
Land Information New Zealand (Toitu te whenua)
Crown Property Management
New Zealand Geospatial Office
Overseas Investment Office
Ministry for Primary Industries (Manatū Ahu Matua)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Business.govt.nz
Companies Office, which also manages registers for motor-vehicle traders, financial-service providers, societies and trusts and personal-property securities.
Consumer Affairs, formerly the Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Electricity Authority (NZ)
Electrical Workers Registration Board
Immigration New Zealand (Te Ratonga Manene)
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
Insolvency and Trustee Service
Natural Hazards Research Platform (NHRP)
New Zealand Cycle Trail
New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals
Occupational Safety and Health (Te Ratonga Oranga)
Radio Spectrum Management
Social Housing Unit
Ministry for Culture and Heritage (Te Manatū Taonga)
Ministry of Defence (Manatu Kaupapa Waonga)
Ministry of Education (Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga)
Ministry for the Environment (Manatū Mō Te Taiao)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Te Manatū Aorere)
New Zealand Agency for International Development – NZAID (Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti)
Ministry of Health (Manatū Hauora)
Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority)
National Radiation Laboratory
New Zealand Health Information Service
National Health Committee
HealthPAC
Ministry of Justice (Tāhū o te Ture)
Chief Electoral Office
Crime Prevention Unit
Office of Treaty Settlements
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) (Te Manatū Pūtaiao)
Ministry of Social Development (Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora)
Child, Youth and Family (Te Tari Āwhina i te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whānau)
Ministry of Youth Development (Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi)
Work and Income (Te Hiranga Tangata)
Studylink (Hoto Akoranga)
Heartland Services (Ngā Ratonga ki te Manawa o te Whenua)
The Office for Disability issues
The Office for Senior Citizens
The Office of the Families Commission
Ministry of Transport (Te Manatū Waka)
Ministry of Women's Affairs (Minitatanga mō ngā Wāhine)
New Zealand Customs Service (Te Mana Arai o Aotearoa)
Serious Fraud Office (Te Tari Hara Taware)
State Services Commission (Te Komihana O Ngā Tari Kāwanatanga)
Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa)
Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development)
Māori Trust Office
The Treasury (Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa)
New Zealand Debt Management Office
Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU)
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) (Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa)
New Zealand Cadet Forces
Air Training Corps
New Zealand Cadet Corps
Sea Cadet Corps
NZDF armed forces
New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tumatauenga)
Regular Force
Territorial Force
Army Reserve
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN)
Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR)
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
Air Force Reserve
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
Territorial Air Force
Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (Te Tira Ahu Ika A Whiro) (semi-autonomous body)
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
Intelligence and Security Committee, The
Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
Reporting Services (Hansard)
Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand) (Te Tari Tohutohu Paremata)
Parliamentary Service
Parliamentary Service Commission
Visitor Services
New Zealand Police (Ngā Pirihimana O Aotearoa)
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Crown agents
Accident Compensation Corporation (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara)
Careers New Zealand
Civil Aviation Authority
Crown Health Financing Agency
District health boards
Auckland District Health Board (Auckland)
Bay of Plenty District Health Board (Tauranga)
Canterbury District Health Board (Christchurch)
Capital and Coast District Health Board (Wellington, Porirua and Kapiti Coast)
Counties-Manukau District Health Board (Otahuhu)
Hawke's Bay District Health Board (Napier)
Hutt Valley District Health Board (Hutt Valley – Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt)
Lakes District Health Board (Rotorua)
MidCentral District Health Board (Palmerston North)
Nelson-Marlborough District Health Board (Nelson)
Northland District Health Board (Whangarei)
Otago District Health Board (Dunedin)
South Canterbury District Health Board (Timaru)
Southland District Health Board (Invercargill)
Tairawhiti District Health Board (Gisborne)
Taranaki District Health Board (New Plymouth)
Waikato District Health Board (Hamilton)
Wairarapa District Health Board (Masterton)
Waitemata District Health Board (Auckland)
West Coast District Health Board (Greymouth)
Whanganui District Health Board (Wanganui)
Earthquake Commission
Electricity Authority (Te Komihana Hiko)
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Foundation for Research, Science and Technology
Health Research Council of New Zealand
Health Sponsorship Council
Housing New Zealand Corporation
Legal Services Agency
Maritime New Zealand
New Zealand Antarctic Institute
New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand Fire Service Commission
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
New Zealand Tourism Board
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
NZ Transport Agency
New Zealand Walking Access Commission
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
Real Estate Agents Authority
Social Workers Registration Board
Sport New Zealand
Tertiary Education Commission
WorkSafe New Zealand
Autonomous crown entities
Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
Broadcasting Commission (New Zealand on Air) (Irirangi Te Motu)
Charities Commission
Environmental Protection Authority
Families Commission
Government Superannuation Fund Authority
Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
Mental Health Commission
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand Artificial Limb Board
New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga)
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
New Zealand Teachers Council
Public Trust
Retirement Commission
Standards Council
Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)
Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission)
Testing Laboratory Registration Council
Independent crown entities
Accounting Standards Review Board
Broadcasting Standards Authority
Children's Commissioner (New Zealand)
Commerce Commission
Drug Free Sport New Zealand
Electoral Commission
Health and Disability Commissioner
New Zealand Human Rights Commission
Independent Police Conduct Authority
Law Commission
Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand)
Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
Securities Commission
Takeovers Panel (New Zealand)
The New Zealand Productivity Commission
Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Crown entity companies
New Zealand Fast Forward Fund Limited
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited
Radio New Zealand Limited
Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ)
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)
(with principal campuses)
AgResearch (New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) (Ruakura, Hamilton)
ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited) (Porirua)
Forest Research (New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited) (Rotorua)
GNS Science (formerly Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited) (Lower Hutt)
IRL (Industrial Research Limited) Web page (Lower Hutt)
Landcare Research (Landcare Research New Zealand Limited) (Lincoln)
NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited) (Wellington)
Plant & Food Research (New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited) (Auckland)
Institute For Social Research and Development Limited (Wellington). Disestablished in 1995 after failing to achieve financial viability.
School boards of trustees
See: Education in New Zealand
Tertiary education institutions
State-owned tertiary institutions consist of universities, colleges of education (teachers colleges), polytechnics (institutes of technology) and wānanga. In addition there are numerous non-state-owned private training establishments.
See also: Tertiary education in New Zealand
Universities
(and amalgamated colleges of education, with principal campus only)
AUT University (Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) (Auckland)
Lincoln University (Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki) (Lincoln)
Massey University (Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa) (Palmerston North)
Palmerston North College of Education
University of Auckland (Te Whare Wānanga O Tamaki Makaurau) (Auckland)
Auckland College of Education (Te Kura Akoranga o Tamaki Makaurau)
University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga O Waitaha) (Christchurch)
Christchurch College of Education (Te Whare Whai Mātauraka Ki Ōtautahi)
University of Otago (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) (Dunedin)
Dunedin College of Education (Te Kura Akau Taitoka)
University of Waikato (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) (Hamilton)
Hamilton Teachers' Training College
Victoria University of Wellington (Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui) (Wellington)
Wellington College of Education (Te Whānau o Ako Pai ki te Upoko o te Ika)
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics
(with principal campus only)
Ara Institute of Canterbury (Christchurch)
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic (Tauranga)
Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) (Taradale)
Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) (South Auckland)
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) (Nelson)
NorthTec, formerly Northland Polytechnic (Whangarei)
Otago Polytechnic (Dunedin)
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) (Invercargill)
Tai Poutini Polytechnic (Greymouth)
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (Lower Hutt)
UCOL (Universal College of Learning) (Palmerston North)
Unitec Institute of Technology (Auckland)
Waiariki Institute of Technology (Rotorua)
Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) (Hamilton)
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) (Petone and Lower Hutt)
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (New Plymouth)
Whitireia Community Polytechnic (WCP) (Porirua)
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 (TWOA) (Te Awamutu)
Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa (TWOR) (Ōtaki)
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Whakatāne)
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
The state enterprises are listed in Schedule 1 of the State-owned Enterprises Act.
Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
Animal Control Products Limited
AsureQuality Limited
Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
KiwiRail Holdings Limited
Kordia (formerly BCL)
Landcorp Farming Limited
Learning Media Limited
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
New Zealand Post Limited
New Zealand Railways Corporation
Quotable Value Ltd (QV)
Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
Terralink NZ Limited
Transpower New Zealand Limited
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.
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
HortResearch and Crop and Food were merged in 2008 to form Plant & Food Research
Land Transport New Zealand
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
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 Works (formerly the Department of Public Works)
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.
