Figure 2
Organisations that administer New Zealand's public sector accountability arrangements
Parliament
- Members of Parliament
- House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Select committees
- Regulations Review Committee
Public entities
(to request reconsideration of their decisions)
- Supervisors and managers
- Chief executives
- Mayors
- Internal complaint units
- Boards and board members
- Councillors and Councils
Inquiry agencies
Officers of Parliament:
- Controller and Auditor-General
- Office of the Ombudsman
- Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
On demand inquiry entities – such as:
- Commissions of inquiry
- Commission or board of inquiry under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2010
- Crown Review Team under the Local Government Act 2002
Departments:
- New Zealand Police
- Serious Fraud Office
Independent Crown entities:
- Human Rights Commission
- Independent Police Conduct Authority
- Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Statutory bodies – such as:
- Benefits Review Committee
- Catch History Review Committee
- Film and Literature Board of Review
- Gambling Commission
- Grievance panels for Child, Youth and Family residences
- Medical Board under the Social Security Act 1964
- Medicines Review Committee
Heads of departments with additional accountability functions – such as:
- Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Director-General for Primary Industries
- Director-General of Health
Crown company:
- Fairway Resolutions Limited
Statutory officials – such as:
- Commissioner of Patents
- Director of Human Rights Proceedings
- Inspector of Corrections
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
- Investigator under the Fisheries Act 1996
- Reviewer under the Food Act 2014
Ministers with additional accountability functions – such as:
- Minister for Land Information
- Minister of Health
- Minister of Conservation
Courts and tribunals
General courts:
- District Court
- High Court
- Supreme Court
Specialist courts – such as:
- Environment Court
- Family Court
- Māori Land Court
- Māori Appellate Court
Tribunals and appeal authorities – such as:
- Accident Compensation Appeal Authority
- Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority
- Customs Appeal Authority
- Government Superannuation Appeals Board
- Human Rights Review Tribunal
- Immigration and Protection Tribunal
- Land Valuation Tribunal
- Legal Aid Tribunal
- Maritime Appeal Authority
- Psychoactive Substances Appeals Committee
- Social Security Appeal Authority
- Student Allowance Appeal Authority
- Taxation Review Authority
- Tenancy Matters Appeal Body
- Valuation Appeal Committee
- Visiting Justices
- Waitangi Tribunal
Private sector or personal activities – including:
- Tell your story to journalists
- Share on social media
- Organise public meetings
- Attend council meetings
- Request official information
- Review publicly available reports
- Go to news programmes
- Blog about it
- Lobby MPs and councillors
- Comment on proposals
- Call talkback radio
- Watch and discuss debates in the House of Representatives