NZ's largest policy ministry — economic development, immigration and workplace policy. MBIE employs policy analysts, regulatory specialists, visa-processing staff and corporate professionals to administer business grants, immigration settings, building standards and labour-market programmes from its Wellington headquarters.

Inland Revenue (IRD)

Wellington

NZ's tax administration, with major operations across Wellington and regional sites. Inland Revenue manages personal and corporate tax, child support and social-policy payments, employing customer-service staff, tax specialists, IT professionals and data analysts across Wellington and service centres in Auckland and Christchurch.

Ministry of Social Development

Wellington

Operator of Work and Income and StudyLink — NZ's largest service delivery ministry. MSD employs thousands of case managers, employment advisers, contact-centre staff and corporate professionals to administer benefits, employment services and student-support payments nationwide from its Wellington headquarters and regional service centres.

Te Whatu Ora — Health NZ

Wellington

National health agency administering hospitals and primary care nationwide. Formed from the 2022 health reforms, Te Whatu Ora employs policy, data, clinical-administration and corporate staff to coordinate health services across 20 district networks, with its national office in Wellington.

Auckland Council

Auckland

Australasia's largest local council — 11,000+ staff across regulatory and corporate teams. Auckland Council manages the region's planning, transport, parks, water and community services, employing extensive administrative, project-management, customer-service and corporate-finance professionals across multiple campuses.

Wellington City Council

Wellington

Capital city council headquartered in central Wellington with broad admin functions. The council manages the city's infrastructure, events, consenting and community services, employing planners, building inspectors, customer-service teams and corporate staff in the heart of the capital's civic precinct.

Christchurch City Council

Christchurch

South Island's largest council, leading post-quake rebuild governance. The council employs planners, engineers, customer-service professionals and corporate staff to manage Christchurch's ongoing regeneration, infrastructure renewal and community services across the city's eastern and central wards.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Wellington

NZ's central bank on The Terrace — operations, regulatory and corporate services. The Reserve Bank employs economists, financial-stability analysts, banking-supervision staff and corporate professionals to set monetary policy, oversee the financial system and manage currency operations from its Wellington headquarters.

Department of Internal Affairs

Wellington

Passports, citizenship and local government services across NZ. Internal Affairs operates passport and citizenship services, the national archives, local-government regulation and community grant programmes, employing customer-service, policy and corporate staff from its Wellington head office.

Ministry of Education

Wellington

Mātauranga House headquarters administering NZ's schooling and tertiary system. The ministry employs policy analysts, curriculum advisers, property managers and corporate staff to oversee early-childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education funding and regulation from its central Wellington campus.