A Crown entity is an organisation that forms part of New Zealand's state sector established under the Crown Entities Act 2004, a unique umbrella governance and accountability statute. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island State sector organisations in New Zealand are as follows (see also State Sector Act 1988) Parliamentary Offices Office Crown entities come under the following subtypes:
- Statutory entities — bodies corporate established under an Act
- Crown agents — organisations that give effect to government policy, such as the Accident Compensation Corporation which administers no-fault workers compensation
- Autonomous Crown entities that must have regard to government policy, such as Te Papa the national museum
- Independent Crown entities which are generally independent of government policy, such as the Commerce Commission which enforces legislation promoting competition
- Crown entity companies — registered companies wholly owned by the Crown including Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) and a small number of other companies
- Crown entity subsidiaries — companies that are subsidiaries of Crown entities
- School boards of trustees
- Tertiary education institutions, including universities, colleges of education, polytechnics and wānanga. Features ACC is the sole and compulsory provider of accident insurance for all work and non-work injuries The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national Museum of New Zealand. The Commerce Commission is a government agency charged with enforcing legislation promoting competition in New Zealand markets and prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct In New Zealand, Crown Research Institutes ( CRIs) are corporatised Crown entities charged with conducting scientific Research
Crown entities can be contrasted with other organisational forms: departments of state, State-owned enterprises, offices of Parliament and sui generis organisations like the Reserve Bank. State-owned enterprises (SOEs in New Zealand are registered companies listed under Schedules 1 and 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. Sui generis (English pronunciation ( IPA) /ˌsuːiˈdʒɛnərɪs/ roughly "SOO-ee JEN-a-ris" Latin pronunciation /ˌsuːiˈgeneris/ is a Neo-Latin The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the Central bank of New Zealand and is constituted under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989
See also
- State sector organisations in New Zealand (listing of Crown entities)
- State Services Commission
External links
- Crown entities, The Treasury
- The state sector and Crown entities, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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