Appendix 2 : The number and types of public entities that we collected information about asset management from
Managing public assets.
We asked our auditors to provide us with asset information about public entities that have assets valued at more than $2 million, chosen because of their large asset holdings and to represent public assets as a whole.
The entities that we received information about are listed below. Subsidiary public entities with significant assets have been included.
| Number of public entities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Central government | Government departments | 28 |
| Crown entities – tertiary education institutions | 31 | |
| Crown entities – Crown research institutes | 8 | |
| Crown entities – district health boards | 22 | |
| Other Crown entities | 22 | |
| State-owned enterprises | 18 | |
| Other central government entities | 12 | |
| Local government | Local authorities | 77 |
| Council-controlled organisations | 51 | |
| Airports | 12 | |
| Ports | 15 | |
| Electricity lines businesses | 24 | |
| Other local government entities | 14 | |
| We did not collect information from the following types of public entities because they are relatively small and own no significant assets: | ||
| Excluded entities | Administering bodies and boards | |
| Cemetery trustees | ||
| Fish and game councils | ||
| Māori trust boards | ||
| Licensing and community trusts | ||
| Rural Education Activities Programmes | ||
| Schools (but school assets are included with the Ministry of Education's assets) | ||