Agencies and Departments

• Scientific Government Agencies@

• New Zealand Fish And Game   (www.fishandgame.org.nz)

  The New Zealand Government agency responsible for managing freshwater fisheries and gamebird hunting.

• New Zealand Government Immigration Service   (www.immigration.govt.nz)

  Useful New Zealand information, including passmarks, download of forms, a list of offices and fees and all the new information on this topic.

• New Zealand Health Information Service   (www.nzhis.govt.nz)

  A group within the New Zealand Ministry of Health, responsible for the collection and dissemination of health-related data.

• New Zealand Health Information Standards Organisation   (www.hiso.govt.nz)

  HISO is a sub-committee of the Health Information Strategy Action Committee, the Ministerial Advisory Committee that provides leadership, oversight and governance for implementing the Health Information Strategy for New Zealand.

• New Zealand Overseas Investment Commission   (www.oic.govt.nz)

  Administers the New Zealand government's foreign investment policies.

• New Zealand Post   (www.nzpost.co.nz)

  Details on all New Zealand postal services.

• New Zealand Qualifications Authority   (www.nzqa.govt.nz)

  Co-ordinates qualifications in secondary schools and in post-school education and training and maintains national standards.

• New Zealand Search and Rescue Council   (www.nzsar.org.nz)

  Find out about search and rescue in New Zealand as well as links to many associated organisations.

• New Zealand Securities Commission   (www.seccom.govt.nz)

  To encourage, promote and facilitate good securities and corporate practice and to discourage malpractice, both in the promotion of securities and in the management of investor's funds.

• New Zealand Security Intelligence Service   (www.nzsis.govt.nz)

  The NZSIS provides the Government with timely and accurate intelligence and advice on national security issues within the terms of the 1969 NZSIS Act and its amendments.

• New Zealand Serious Fraud Office   (www.sfo.govt.nz)

  An organisation involved in the detection and investigation of serious or complex fraud within New Zealand.

• New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers   (www.solgm.org.nz)

  Providing advisory services and co-ordination on policy matters to local government, through 570 members around New Zealand.

• New Zealand Teachers Council   (www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz)

  The professional national body for all registered teachers working in early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary and other teaching institutions.

• New Zealand Trade & Enterprise   (www.nzte.govt.nz)

  New Zealand's Economic Development Agency.

• New Zealand Treasury   (www.treasury.govt.nz)

  Primary economic and financial adviser to the Government.

• NOHSAC : National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee   (www.nohsac.govt.nz)

  Responsible for providing independent advice directly to the Minister of Labour on major occupational health and safety issues in New Zealand.

• North Shore Civil Defence   (www.nscd.org.nz)

  Provides information on how to prepare for and what to do in the event of a natural disaster occurring in the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand.

• Occupational Health and Safety   (www.osh.dol.govt.nz)

  The homepage for the Occupational Safety and Health Service in New Zealand.

• Office for Disability Issues   (www.odi.govt.nz)

  The Office is responsible for ensuring the New Zealand Government keeps faith with the New Zealand Disability Strategy, by promoting the participation and inclusion of disabled people in our society.

• Office for Senior Citizens   (www.osc.govt.nz)

  Formed as part of the Ministry of Social Development, the Office for Senior Citizens promotes the rights and interests of older people.

• Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS)   (www.ocvs.govt.nz)

  Aiming to inspire co-operation and effective relationships between the government and community and voluntary sector.

• Office of Film & Literature Classification   (www.censorship.govt.nz)

  Classifies publications (including films, videos, print material and digital files) that may need to be restricted, and provides information on censorship in New Zealand.

• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives   (www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz)

  The legislature's secretariat, providing specialist advice and assistance on parliamentary law and procedures to the house of Representatives and its committees.

• Office of the Commissioner for Children   (www.occ.org.nz)

  A company promoting the welfare of children and young people, and ensuring that their rights are recognised.

• Office of the Controller and Auditor-General   (www.oag.govt.nz)

  The Audit Office exists as a constitutional safeguard to maintain the financial integrity of New Zealand’s parliamentary system of government. The Audit Office, as an Office of Parliament, is independent of the Executive Branch of Government.