Local government

Other Agencies

Areas of Interest

Agriculture and Forestry

Rural communities, agriculture and forestry implications, resource management, biosecurity issues

Civil Defence and Emergency Management

Hazard and risk reduction and management implications

Conservation

Resource management, reserves issues

Consumer Affairs

Consumer issues

Culture and Heritage

Heritage protection, arts issues

Economic Development

Regional development, sustainable development implications

Environment

Resource management, urban affairs issues

Housing New Zealand Corporation

Community services and local housing needs

Inland Revenue

Council-controlled organisations (previously known as Local Authority Trading Enterprises)

Justice

Constitutional issues

Labour

Community employment, community economic development issues

Land Information New Zealand

Land transactions and management issues, rating and valuation issues

National Library

Equity of access to information, connecting communities

New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

Food issues

Office for Disability Issues (Ministry of Social Development)

Urban affairs, town planning, access, resource consent issues

Office of Ethnic Affairs (Internal Affairs)

Voting processes and information to ethnic constituents

Office of Treaty Settlements (Ministry of Justice)

Implications for historical Treaty settlements

Police

Law enforcement and community safety initiatives, emergency and disaster planning, road policing issues

Social Development

Social development planning

Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)

Implications for Maori

Transport

Transport infrastructure, public transport implications