List of public sector organisations in New Zealand

In New Zealand, thePublic Sector (Māori: Te Rāngai Tūmatanui) consists of organisations across the branches of government which are responsible for the discharge of the business of the Crown and the constitutional and democratic functioning of the state. Currently regulated by the and associated legislation (such as the Crown Entities Act 2004 and ), the public sector in New Zealand consists of a core Public Service (Māori: Te Ratonga Tūmatanui) and other State Services under the control of the central executive government, as well as instruments of the local, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Collectively, the public sector is subject to the supervision of the Public Service Commission and financial regulatory agencies, with organisations closer to the core public service generally being subject to higher levels of government direction and commission regulation.

The public sector has been organised in this manner since 1988, following the passage of the State Sector Act; prior to this, New Zealand had a more traditional civil service similar to the United Kingdom with a greater degree of separation between the political and administrative aspects of government departments. The new act effectively broke up the public service from an institution which staffed departments into a looser grouping of the employees of individual departments and agencies, and split the executive branch into various levels: public sector, state sector, state services, and the public service, with organisations closer to the public service being subject to more direct ministerial control; this system has been largely maintained under the new Public Service Act, with reforms stripping out some of the previous layers and creating new joint boards and ventures to create a more joined-up public service while keeping the departmental structure introduced in 1988.