Wellington City Agencies and Departments

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

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

Primary economic and financial adviser to the Government.

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.

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

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

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.

The office negotiates on behalf of the Crown the settlement of historical grievances under the Treaty of Waitangi, and implement settlements that have been reached.

Administers the New Zealand Government's foreign investment policies. The core work of the Office is to assess applications for consent from foreigners who intend making substantial investments in New Zealand.

Promoting the effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness of Parliamentary government by providing administrative and support services to Members of Parliament.

The PMMRC is an independent committee that advises the Minster of Health on how to reduce the number of deaths of babies and mothers in New Zealand.

Enables the general public to locate a local Justice of the Peace via an online directory with a simple to use search function.

A leading government and public policy consultancy based in Wellington.

The trading arm of the Standards Council. The Standards Council, oversees the development and adoption of Standards and standards-related products.

The central agencies provide leadership, coordination, and advice on the management of the State sector.

The major source of official statistics. They gather a vast amount of information about people, households, businesses and economic activity.

Supports the community, industry and local government in a wide range of practical environmental initiatives.

The government's tertiary education strategy seeks to encourage all New Zealanders to adopt learning as a way of life and to make it easy for them to do so.

A team within the Department of Internal Affairs, whose responsibility includes ensuring that New Zealand's censorship legislation is enforced, thereby helping protect people from material that is injurious to the public good.

Resident population, births, deaths, migration, males employed, females employed, total employed, unemployment rate, retail sales, new cars, credit card billings, GDP, CPI, PPI, terms of trade, export prices, import prices, TWI.

A commission investigating the circumstances and causes of accidents and incidents with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in future, rather than to ascribe blame to any person.