Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited

The Meteorological Service of New Zealand, under the brand name ( MetService ) on the market, is a state-owned company in New Zealand, based in Wellington. The company creates weather forecasts and provides meteorological data for different purposes for customers at home and abroad.

History

Already back in the 1840s was started in New Zealand with weather observations, but a weather service was only from it, when shipwrecks piled in front of New Zealand's shores. The government established the first weather service in 1861 and ordered him first to the Marine Department.

On September 1, 1926, the service the newly established Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ( DSIR ) has been assigned and began to call itself from New Zealand Meteorological Service. However, with the beginning of World War II came the service in 1939 under the control of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Through a partnership with the U.S. Weather Service was now on tasks outside the country's borders and also in 1964, when the service of the Department of Civil Aviation has been assigned, yet the main focus of the Weather Service was to support the aviation industry. With the establishment of the Ministry of Transport in 1968, the meteorological service the super - ministry fell.

The privatization wave of the 1980s in New Zealand did not go past the Meteorological Service. More self-reliant economies, commercialize services and expansion of services for cash were also for the weather service on the agenda. As part of this change, in July 1992 from the New Zealand Meteorological Service under the State -Owned Enterprises Act 1986, the Meteorological Service of New Zealand reshaped as a State -Owned Enterprise, but on 24 May 1999 on the StateOwned Enterprises ( Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited and Vehicle Testing New Zealand Limited ) Amendment Act 1999 released from this status.

Task of the company

  • Provide customers with current weather information
  • Create weather forecasts
  • Provide special services for farmers, fisheries industries, utilities and for air transport
  • Operate Meteorological Research

Investments

The Metra Information Limited is a 100 % subsidiary of Meteorological Service of New Zealand. Task of the company, which operates under the brand name MetraWeather on the international market, to market the products of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand internationally. The company was founded in 1995.

Types of business entity Chief Executive Officer Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)
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