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List of public sector organisations in New Zealand

In New Zealand, the Public Sector (Māori: Te Rāngai Tūmatanui) consists of organisations across the branches of government which are responsible for the discharge of the business of the Crown and the constitutional and democratic functioning of the state. Currently regulated by the Public Service Act 2020 and associated legislation (such as the Crown Entities Act 2004 and Public Finance Act 1989), the public sector in New Zealand consists of a core Public Service (Māori: Te Ratonga Tūmatanui) and other State Services under the control of the central executive government[1], as well as instruments of the local, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Collectively, the public sector is subject to the supervision of the Public Service Commission and financial regulatory agencies, with organisations closer to the core public service generally being subject to higher levels of government direction and commission regulation.[2]

The public sector has been organised in this manner since 1988, following the passage of the State Sector Act; prior to this, New Zealand had a more traditional civil service similar to the United Kingdom with a greater degree of separation between the political and administrative aspects of government departments. The new act effectively broke up the public service from an institution which staffed departments into a looser grouping of the employees of individual departments and agencies,[3] and split the executive branch into various levels: public sector, state sector, state services, and the public service, with organisations closer to the public service being subject to more direct ministerial control[4]; this system has been largely maintained under the new Public Service Act, with reforms stripping out some of the previous layers and creating new joint boards and ventures to create a more joined-up public service while keeping the departmental structure introduced in 1988.[5]

Public Service

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Public service departments

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Departmental agencies

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Interdepartmental ventures

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Though the new Public Service Act 2020 provides for the establishment of interdepartmental ventures as part of the core public service, as of 2026 no such ventures have been established.[1]

Interdepartmental executive boards

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Crown agents

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Crown agents are specific kind of crown entity, the other two (autonomous and independent crown entities) falling outside of the core public service. Under the Crown Entities Act 2004, Crown agents, despite being considered part of the public service, are only subject to some of the regulations imposed by the Public Service Commission, with each crown agent having a varying degree of accountability as defined by their founding statute.

Wider state services organisations

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Executive non-public service departments

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These departments, though falling under the executive branch and being subject to ministerial direction, are not considered part of the core public service and as such are not subject to the same public service standards of the public service departments due to their unique character as uniformed and political services.

The Reserve Bank

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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Te Pūtea Matua) is a category of state sector agency in its own right.

Arms-length agencies

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Autonomous crown entities

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Independent crown entities

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Public Finance Act Schedule 4 organisations

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These organisations are specifically listed in the Public Finance Act 1989 and, though largely independent from central government, must adhere to certain standards for crown entities such as financial reporting, performance reporting, and providing certain information to the government.

Crown-owned companies

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Crown entity companies

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Public Research Organisations
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Public Finance Act Schedule 4a companies

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Education service

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See: Education in New Zealand

  • 2,425 School Boards of Trustees[7]
  • 27 Kindergarten Associations[8]

Wider public sector organisations

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Legislative non-public service departments

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Offices of Parliament

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Independent crown-owned companies

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State-owned enterprises

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The various SOEs are gazetted under Schedule 1 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1989, and largely consist of former government departments that have been corporatised.[9]

Mixed-ownership model companies

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Tertiary education institutions

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State-owned tertiary institutions consist of universities, colleges of education (teachers' training colleges), polytechnics (institutes of technology) and wānanga. In addition there are numerous non-state-owned private training establishments.

Universities

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(and amalgamated colleges of education, with principal campus only)

Institutes of technology and polytechnics

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(with principal campus only)

Wānanga

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(with principal campus only)

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

Agencies associated with a ministerial portfolio

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The Public Service Commission considers various agencies which are associated with a ministerial portfolio to be part of the wider public sector, including:[11]

  • Antarctic Heritage Trust
  • National War Memorial Advisory Council
  • New Zealand Music Commission (Te Reo Reka o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound (Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua me Ngā Taonga Kōrero a.k.a. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)
  • The Pukaki Trust
    • New Zealand Alpine Lavender Limited
    • Pukaki Forestry Limited
    • Southern Serenity Limited
    • Pukaki Tourism Marketing Limited
    • Pukaki Village Holdings Limited
  • Royal New Zealand Ballet
  • Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust
  • Te Matatini Society Incorporated
  • Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
  • Dispute resolution schemes
    • Banking Ombudsmen Scheme (Te Whare Rare Tōkeke)
    • Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme
    • Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner Scheme
    • Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Limited
  • Standards Approval Board
  • Charities Registration Board (Te Rātā Atawhai)
  • Norman Kirk Memorial Trust
  • Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
  • 15 Conservation Boards
    • Te Hiku o Te Ika Conservation Board
    • Northland Conservation Board (Te Rūnanga Papa Atawhai O Te Tai Tokerau)
    • Auckland Conservation Board
    • Waikato Conservation Board
    • Bay of Plenty Conservation Board
    • East Coast Hawke's Bay Conservation Board
    • Tongariro Taupō Conservation Board
    • Taranaki/Whanganui Conservation Board
    • Wellington Conservation Board
    • Chatham Islands Conservation Board
    • Nelson Marlborough Conservation Board
    • West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board
    • Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board
    • Otago Conservation Board
    • Southland Conservation Board
  • Guardians of Lakes Manapouri, Monowai and Te Anau
  • Guardians of Lake Wānaka
  • Kaikōura Marine Guardians
  • Nature Heritage Fund
  • New Zealand Conservation Authority (Te Pou Atawhai Taiao O Aotearoa)
  • Ngā Whenua Rāhui
  • Queen Elizabeth II National Trust
  • Waitangi National Trust
  • New Zealand Parole Board
  • Armed Forces Canteen Council
  • Defence Employers Support Council (Te Arawhiti ki te Hapori)
  • Music Teachers’ Registration Board (a.k.a. the Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand, Ako Puoro)
  • New Zealand Council for Educational Research (Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa)
  • New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO (Te Kōmihana Matua o Aotearoa)
  • Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board
  • Pacific Islands Polynesian Education Foundation
  • Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Gas Industry Company
  • Gas Rulings Panel
  • Electricity Rulings Panel
  • Fiordland Marine Guardians
  • Government Superannuation Appeals Board
  • 12 Community Trusts
    • Foundation North (Pūtea Hāpai Oranga)
    • Trust Waikato (Te Puna o Waikato)
    • Toi Foundation
    • Bay Trust
    • Eastern & Central Community Trust
    • Whanganui Community Foundation
    • Wellington Community Fund (Te Upoko o te Ika)
    • Rātā Foundation
    • West Coast Community Trust
    • Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury
    • Otago Community Trust
    • Community Trust South (Te Pou Arataki Pounamu o Murihiku)
  • Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control
  • Pacific Development and Conservation Trust
  • Peace and Disarmament Education Trust
  • Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
  • Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
  • Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs
  • Health and Disability Ethics Committees
  • Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (Te Rōpū Whakatika Kaimahi Hauora)
  • Mental Health Review Tribunal
  • National Ethics Advisory Committee (Kāhui Matatika o te Motu)
  • National Kaitiaki Group
  • Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee
  • Psychoactive Substances Appeals Committee
  • Psychoactive Substances Expert Advisory Committee
  • Radiation Safety Advisory Council
  • 18 Health Responsible Authority Boards and Councils
    • Chinese Medicine Council of New Zealand (新西兰中医管理局)
    • New Zealand Chiropractic Board (Te Poari Kaikorohiti o Aotearoa)
    • Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho)
    • Dietitians Board (Te Mana Mātanga Mātai Kai)
    • Medical Sciences Council of New Zealand (Te Kaunihera Pūtaiao Hauora O Aotearoa)
    • New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board (Te Poari Ringa Hangarau Iraruke)
    • Medical Council of New Zealand (Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa)
    • Midwifery Council (Te Tatau o te Whare Kahu)
    • Nursing Council of New Zealand (Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa)
    • Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand (Te Poari Whakaora Ngangahau o Aotearoa)
    • Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (Te Poari o ngā Kaimātai Whatu me ngā Kaiwhakarato Mōhiti)
    • Osteopathic Council of New Zealand (Kaunihera Haumanu Tuahiwi o Aotearoa)
    • Paramedic Council (Kaunihera Manapou)
    • Pharmacy Council of New Zealand (Te Pou Whakamana Kaimatū o Aotearoa)
    • Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand (Te Poari Tiaki Tinana o Aotearoa)
    • Podiatrists Board of New Zealand (Te Poari Tiaki Waewae o Aotearoa)
    • New Zealand Psychologists Board (Te Poari Kaimātai Hinengaro o Aotearoa)
    • Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (Te Poari o ngā Kaihaumanu Hinengaro o Aotearoa)
  • Archives Council (Te Rua Wānanga)
  • Film and Literature Board of Review
  • Gambling Commission New Zealand
  • Guardians Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library
  • Library and Information Advisory Commission
  • Legal Complaints Review Officer
  • Representation Commission (Te Kōmihana Whakaatanga Rohe Pōti)
  • Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board
  • New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa)
  • Valuers Registration Board
  • Local Government Commission (Mana Kāwanatanga ā Rohe)
  • Māori Purposes Fund Board
  • New Zealand Māori Council (Te Kaunihera Maori o Aoteaora)
  • Te Ohu Kaimoana
  • Whakaata Māori (Māori Television Service)
  • Racing Integrity Board
  • Racing New Zealand
  • TAB New Zealand
  • Marsden Fund Council
  • Royal Society of New Zealand (Te Apārangi)
  • Science Board
  • Social Security Appeal Authority
  • Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal
  • Student Allowance Appeals Authority
  • Christchurch International Airport Limited
  • Dunedin International Airport Limited
  • Hawke's Bay Airport Limited
  • Veterans' Advisory Board
  • Veterans' Entitlements Appeal Board
  • Veterans' Health Advisory Panel
  • Employment Relations Authority (Te Ratonga Ahumana Taimahi)
  • Mines Rescue Trust Board
  • Remuneration Authority (Te Mana Utu Matua)
  • Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board
  • Parliamentary Service Commission
  • Te Mātāwai

Local government

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

Regional councils

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This list of regional councils includes the unitary authorities of Auckland, Gisborne, Tasman, Nelson, and Marlborough, which act as both regional councils and territorial authorities in one. It does not include the Chatham Islands Council, which is officially considered a district council despite holding some (but not all) of the powers of a regional council.

City and district councils

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Historic organisations

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Public Service Act 2020". New Zealand Legislation. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "How the public sector is organised". Public Service Commission Te Kawa Mataaho. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill: Submission of the New Zealand Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee". Public Service Association. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018.
  4. ↑ State Services Commission Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Public Service Act 2020 reforms". Public Service Commission Te Kawa Mataaho. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Annual Report for the year end 30 June 2025" (PDF). Department of Conservation. 2025.
  7. ↑ McMurtrie, Kelly (23 November 2021). "Briefing Note: New Zealand School Trustees Association" (PDF). Ministry of Education.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand Kindergartens". New Zealand Kindergartens. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Schedule 1 – State enterprises". State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. Parliamentary Counsel Office.
  10. ↑ "New Zealand's central government organisations". Public Service Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Ministerial portfolios". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Local Government Sector". Local Government New Zealand. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009.
  13. ↑ "Solid Energy announces voluntary administration ahead of sale". Stuff.
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