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".
The public service in New Zealand technically consists of solely the departments listed below.
(with principal campuses)
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)
(with principal campus only)
(with principal campus only)
The following wānanga are those who have been granted Crown entity status; there are many that have not.
The state enterprises are listed in Schedule 1 of the State-owned Enterprises Act.
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.
For local government, see: