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Departments and organisations to which Official Information Act requests can be made to
Archives New Zealand
Archives New Zealand (Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga)
The Crown Law Office
The Department of Building and Housing
The Department of Child, Youth and Family Services
The Department of Conservation
The Department of Corrections
The Department of Internal Affairs
The Department of Labour
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
The Education Review Office
The Inland Revenue Department
Land Information New Zealand
The Maori Trust Office
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Economic Development
The Ministry of Education
The Ministry for the Environment
The Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Ministry of Health
Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Maori Development
The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
The Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology
The Ministry of Transport
The Ministry of Women's Affairs
The National Library Department
The National Provident Fund Department
The New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Defence Force
The Office of the State Services Commission
The Serious Fraud Office
The Ministry of Social Development
Statistics New Zealand
The Treasury
The Accident Compensation Corporation
Accounting Standards Review Board
The Agricultural Pests Destruction Council
AgriQuality Limited
Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
Animal Control Products Limited
The Animal Remedies Board
The Arts Board
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
Asure New Zealand Limited
Boards of Trustees constituted under Part 9 of the Education Act 1989
Board of Trustees of the National Provident Fund
The Broadcasting Commission
Broadcasting Standards Authority
Building Practitioners Board
Career Services
Charities Commission
Chartered Professional Engineers Council and every subsidiary of the Chartered Professional Engineers Council
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
The Children's Commissioner
Commerce Commission
Community arts providers designated under the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 1994
Crown entities within the meaning of section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (other than the Police Complaints Authority)
Crown Health Financing Agency
Crown Research Institutes
District Health Boards
The Earthquake Commission
The Electoral Commission
Electricity Commission and every subsidiary of the Electricity Commission
The Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
The Environmental Risk Management Authority
Families Commission
The Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology
The Gambling Commission
Genesis Power Limited
The Government Superannuation Appeals Board
Government Superannuation Fund Authority and any subsidiary of that Authority
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation and any subsidiary of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
The Health and Disability Commissioner
Health Research Council of New Zealand
The Health Sponsorship Council
Housing New Zealand Corporation
Housing New Zealand Limited
The Human Rights Commission
Institutions established under Part 14 of the Education Act 1989
Landcorp Farming Limited
Land Transport New Zealand
Law Commission
Learning Media Limited
The Legal Services Agency
The Maori Heritage Council
The Maori Purposes Fund Board
Maori Television Service and every subsidiary of the Maori Television Service (if any)
The Maori Trustee
Maritime New Zealand
The Medicines Classification Committee
The Medicines Review Committee
Mental Health Commission
Meridian Energy Limited
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
Mighty River Power Limited
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board
The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee
The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Institute
The New Zealand Artificial Limb Board
New Zealand Blood Service
The New Zealand Conservation Authority
New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Fire Service Commission
The New Zealand Fish and Game Council
The New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga)
New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
The New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute
New Zealand Post Limited
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
The New Zealand Railways Corporation
New Zealand Registered Architects' Board and every subsidiary of the New Zealand Registered Architects' Board
The New Zealand Sports Drug Agency
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and any subsidiary of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
New Zealand Teachers Council
New Zealand Tourism Board
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and any subsidiary of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited
The Office of Film and Literature Classification
The Pacific Islands Polynesian Education Foundation Board
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
The Police
Privacy Commissioner
Public Trust
Quotable Value Limited
Radio New Zealand Limited
Related companies of Crown Research Institutes
Related companies of district health boards
Related companies of State enterprises
Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency)
The Retirement Commissioner
Securities Commission
The Social Workers Registration Board
Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
The South Pacific Arts Committee
Sport and Recreation New Zealand
The Standards Council
The State Services Commission
Takeovers Panel
Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Maori (Maori Language Commission)
Television New Zealand Limited
Terralink NZ Limited
Tertiary Education Commission
Testing Laboratory Registration Council
Timberlands West Coast Limited
The Transitional New Zealand Fish and Game Council
Transmission Holdings Limited
Transit New Zealand
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Transpower New Zealand Limited
The Vice-Chancellors Committee.
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