Appendix 2: About the departments

How government departments monitor Crown entities.

Department of Internal Affairs

The Crown entity monitoring team at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) comprises of a manager and two staff members. All three staff members started working at DIA in 2008. The team is also responsible for appointments to about 40 other organisations, such as community trusts.

DIA is responsible for monitoring three Crown entities (see Figure 6).

Figure 6
Crown entities that DIA monitors and their responsible Ministers

Crown entity Responsible Minister
Charities Commission Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
New Zealand Fire Service Commission* Minister of Internal Affairs
Office of Film and Literature Classification* Minister of Internal Affairs

* Entity selected for this audit.

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) has two teams of staff that are responsible for monitoring Crown entities. They are the Agency Group and the Broadcasting Unit. MCH is responsible for monitoring nine Crown entities (see Figure 7) and 10 other agencies.

Figure 7
Crown entities that MCH monitors and their responsible Ministers

Crown entity Responsible Minister
Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand)* Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
Broadcasting Commission (New Zealand on Air)* Minister of Broadcasting
Broadcasting Standards Authority Minister of Broadcasting
Drug Free Sport New Zealand Minister for Sport and Recreation
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa* Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
New Zealand Film Commission Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga) Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
Sport and Recreation New Zealand* Minister for Sport and Recreation

* Entity selected for this audit.

Ministry of Economic Development

Crown entity monitoring work at the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) is carried out in individual business units throughout the department.

MED is responsible for monitoring 10 Crown entities (see Figure 8).

Figure 8
Crown entities that MED monitors and their responsible Ministers

Crown entity Responsible Minister
Accounting Standards Review Board Minister of Commerce
Commerce Commission Minister of Commerce
Electricity Commission* Minister of Energy
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Minister of Energy
New Zealand Tourism Board* Minister of Tourism
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Minister of Trade
Securities Commission* Minister of Commerce
Standards Council (Standards New Zealand)* Minister of Commerce
Takeovers Panel Minister of Commerce
Testing Laboratory Registration Council Minister of Commerce

* Entity selected for this audit.

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