Story: Public service

More links and websites

• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

  This website describes the structure and work of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

• Human Resource Capability Survey 2010

  A report on the results of an annual survey of the public service’s human resources.

• New Zealand Government

  New Zealand Government Online provides access to the websites of New Zealand’s public agencies.

• Controller and Auditor-General

  The website of the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General contains information about the history, and role and functions of the office.

• Ombudsman New Zealand

  The website describes the roles of the ombudsmen.

• Public Service Commission

  The Public Service Commission’s website describes the historical and contemporary functions of the public service and the wider public sector.

• The Treasury

  The website of The Treasury contains information on the structure, functioning and performance of New Zealand’s economy and tax system.

More suggestions and sources

• Boston, Jonathan, and others, eds. Public management: the New Zealand model. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1996.

• Henderson, Alan. The quest for efficiency: the origins of the State Services Commission. Wellington: State Services Commission, 1990.

• Polaschek, R. J. Government administration in New Zealand. London: Oxford University Press, 1958.

• Schick, Allen. The spirit of reform: managing the New Zealand state sector in a time of change: a report. Wellington: State Services Commission, 1996.

• The state services in New Zealand: report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Wellington, June 1962. Wellington: Government Printer, 1962.