List of public offices by type

Public Service Departments

• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Archives New Zealand
• Department of Building and Housing
• Department of Conservation
• Department of Corrections
• Crown Law Office
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • National Pacific Radio Trust
• New Zealand Customs Service
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Economic Development
  • Ministry of Consumer Affairs
  • Energy Safety Service
• Ministry of Education
• Education Review Office
• Ministry for the Environment
• Ministry of Fisheries
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Government Communications Security Bureau
• Ministry of Health
• Inland Revenue Department
• Department of Internal Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Labour
• Land Information New Zealand
• Ministry of Māori Development
• National Library of New Zealand
• New Zealand Food Safety Authority
• Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
• Serious Fraud Office
• Ministry of Social Development (including Child Youth and Family Services)
• State Services Commission
• Statistics New Zealand
• Ministry of Transport
• The Treasury
• Ministry of Women’s Affairs

Non Public Service Departments

• New Zealand Defence Force
  • Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand
• Office of the Clerk
• Parliamentary Service
• Parliamentary Counsel Office
• The Police
• New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Crown Agents

• Accident Compensation Corporation
• Career Services
• Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
  • Aviation Security Service
• Crown Health Financing Agency (replaces Residual Health Management Unit)
• Earthquake Commission
• Electricity Commission (Electricity Governance Board)
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
• Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology
• Health Research Council of New Zealand
• Health Sponsorship Council
• Housing New Zealand Corporation
• Land Transport New Zealand
• Legal Services Agency
• Maritime Safety Authority of 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
• Ngai Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust
• Pharmaceutical Management Agency
• Social Workers Registration Board
• Sport and Recreation New Zealand
• Tertiary Education Commission
• Transfund New Zealand
• Transit New Zealand

District Health Boards

• Auckland (Auckland) District Health Board
• Bay of Plenty (Tauranga) District Health Board
• Canterbury (Christchurch) District Health Board
• Capital & Coast (Wellington) District Health Board
• Counties-Manukau (Otahuhu) District Health Board
• Hawke’s Bay (Hastings) District Health Board
• Hutt Valley (Lower Hutt) District Health Board
• Lakes (Rotorua) District Health Board
• MidCentral (Palmerston North) District Health Board
• Nelson-Marlborough (Nelson) District Health Board
• Northland (Whangarei) District Health Board
• Otago (Dunedin) District Health Board
• South Canterbury (Timaru) District Health Board
• Southland (Invercargill) District Health Board
• Tairawhiti (Gisborne) District Health Board
• Taranaki (New Plymouth) District Health Board
• Waikato (Hamilton) District Health Board
• Wairarapa (Masterton) District Health Board
• Waitemata (Auckland) District Health Board
• West Coast (Greymouth) District Health Board
• Whanganui (Wanganui) District Health Board

Autonomous Crown Entities

• Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
• Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
• Broadcasting Commission
• Charities Commission
• DrugFree Sport New Zealand
• Environmental Risk Management 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
  • New Zealand Permanent Trustees Limited
• Retirement Commissioner
• Standards New Zealand
• Te Māngai Pāho also known as Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi (Māori 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
• Commerce Commission
• Electoral Commission
• Health and Disability Commissioner
• Human Rights Commission
• Law Commission
• New Zealand Sports Drug Agency
• Office of Film and Literature Classification
• Independent Police Conduct Authority
• Privacy Commissioner
• Securities Commission
• Takeovers Panel
• Transport Accident Investigation Commission
• Walking Access Commission

Crown Entity Companies

• Radio New Zealand
  • Sound Archives/Ng&%257; Taonga Kōrero Limited
• Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Limited
• New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited
  • NZVIF (BPV) Limited
  • NZVIF (EIP) Limited
  • NZVIF (IGT) Limited
  • NZVIF (No 8) Limited
  • NZVIF (TMT) Limited
• Television New Zealand Limited
  • TVNZ Satellite Services Limited
  • nzoom Limited
  • TVNZ International Limited
  • Avalon Studios Limited
  • Horizon Pacific Television Limited and subsidiaries

Crown Research Institutes and their subsidiaries

• AgResearch Limited (replaces NZ Pastoral & Ag Research) and subsidiaries
• The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited and subsidiaries
• Industrial Research Limited and subsidiaries
• Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited and subsidiaries
• GNS Science and subsidiaries
• Landcare Research New Zealand Limited and subsidiaries
• National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited and subsidiaries
• New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited and subsidiaries
• New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Limited and subsidiaries

Public Finance Act 4th Schedule Organisations

We are currently reviewing the status of Public Finance Act 4th Schedule Organisations under the Public Records Act (PRA).

If you have any questions about the status of these organisations under the PRA please contact rkadvice@archives.govt.nz .

• Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust
• Asia New Zealand Foundation
• Fish and Game Councils
• Leadership Development Centre Trust
• New Zealand Fish and Game Council
• New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
• New Zealand Government Property Corporation
• New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
• Pacific Island Business Development Trust
• Reserve Boards
• Road Safety Trust
• Sentencing Council

Offices of Parliament and Courts

• Office of the Controller and Auditor-General
• Office of the Ombudsmen
• Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
• Office of the Judicial Conduct Commissioner
• All Courts and Tribunals are public offices

State Enterprises

• Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Animal Control Products Limited
• AsureQuality New Zealand Limited (AsureQuality) 
• Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Genesis Power Limited
• Kordia Limited
• Landcorp Farming Limited (Landcorp)
• Learning Media Limited
• Meridian Energy Limited 
• Meteorological Service of New Zealand (MetService)
• Mighty River Power Limited (Mighty River Power)
• New Zealand Post Limited
• ONTRACK: New Zealand Railways Corporations
• Quotable Value Limited (Quotable Value)
• Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
• Timberlands West Coast Limited (Timberlands) 
• Transmission Holdings Limited (THL)
• Transpower New Zealand Limited

Other

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand (a stand alone agency within the State Services that does not fall under any State Services category)

Education

• School Boards of Trustees
• Correspondence School

Universities

• Auckland University of Technology
• Lincoln University
• Massey University
• University of Auckland
• University of Canterbury
• University of Otago
• University of Waikato
• Victoria University of Wellington

Polytechnics

• Aoraki Polytechnic
• Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
• Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
• Eastern Institute of Technology
• Manukau Institute of Technology
• Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
• Northland Polytechnic
• Otago Polytechnic
• Southern Institute of Technology
• Tai Poutini Polytechnic
• Tairawhiti Polytechnic
• Telford Rural Polytechnic
• The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
• UNITEC Institute of Technology
• Universal College of Learning (UCOL)
• Waiariki Institute of Technology
• Waikato Institute of Technology
• Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec)
• Western Institute of Technology
• Whitireia Community Polytechnic

Wananga

• Te Wananga o Aotearoa
• Te Wananga o Awanuiarangi (Whakatane)
• Te Wananga o Raukawa