Maritime New Zealand (New Zealand Maritime Safety Authority) is a

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and also a state maritime safety authority responsible for protecting the

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transport sequence and marine environment within

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and maintaining safety and security. They define their vision as: "a maritime environment with minimum deaths, accidents, incidents and pollution as part of an integrated and

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system”. Maritime New Zealand supports people by providing guidance and advice about Seafarer Certifications as well.

History

A maritime authority called the Marine Board was originally established in 1862 and controlled by the Customs Department until near the end of the nineteenth century, when it was renamed the Marine Department. In 1907 the Marine Department acquired the 805 ton Royal Navy gun boat HMS ''Sparrow''. This was converted into a

training ship A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classr ...

and renamed NZS ''Amokura''. Over the next 14 years 527 boys trained in ''Amokura'', 25 of them going on to naval service and most of the others into the merchant marine. In 1972 the Marine Department was absorbed into the

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. In 1993 a Crown entity was established and called the Maritime Safety Authority before being subsequently rebranded as Maritime New Zealand in July 2005.

Current structure

The current entity employs approximately 190 staff. It is managed by a five-member board appointed by the responsible minister (Minister of Transport) under the

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. One of its key responsibilities is the operation and maintenance of the

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around New Zealand's coastline.

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* {{Authority control Water transport in New Zealand New Zealand Crown agents Maritime safety Lighthouse organizations 1993 establishments in New Zealand Organisations based in Wellington

History

Current structure

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