Exploring other avenues
Other authorities that might be able to help you include:
- Te Kawa Mataaho (Public Service Commission): concerns about the performance of public service departments, and integrity and conduct in the public service and the wider State services.
- Office of the Ombudsman:
- complaints under the Ombudsmen Act 1975 about “matters of administration”, such as an allegation of unfair treatment by a public sector organisation or other matter that affects an individual personally, and
- reviews of decisions under the Official Information Act 1982 or Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, such as a request for access to official information that has been declined.
- New Zealand Police or Serious Fraud Office: fraud, which can include matters of criminal misconduct involving a public office holder, and related criminal proceedings.
- Privacy Commissioner: complaints about interferences with privacy under the Privacy Act 1993, such as refusal of access to personal information.
- Human Rights Commission: complaints about discrimination on grounds such as age, ethnic origin, and disability.
- Health and Disability Commissioner: complaints of breaches of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights, concerning both publicly owned and private providers.
- Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: concerns that the environment may be, or has been, adversely affected.
- Commerce Commission: anti-competitive behaviour by businesses, and false or misleading trading practices.
- Charities Commission: conduct in breach of the Charities Act or serious wrongdoing in connection with a registered charity.
- Financial Markets Authority: regulates all financial market participants, exchanges, and sets and enforces financial regulations.
- Complaint Line: a "gateway" website for disputes resolution and investigation agencies that provide the New Zealand public with complaint resolution processes.
Page last updated: 1 April 2021