Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)

Ministry of Transport ( Māori: Te Waka Manatu ) is a ministry in New Zealand, which is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance, organization, and the security of the entire transport infrastructure on land, at sea and in the air.

History

The ministry was founded by the merger of the Transport Department and the Civil Aviation Service ( Civil Aviation ) and a staff strength of around 2,800 people in 1968. Early 1970 the Ministry had already any responsibility for the entire transport traffic in the country, including the Marine Department and the Meteorological Service and employed more than 4,500 people.

In the 1980s, the Ministry in the various business areas was:

  • Land transport, which included the Traffic Safety Service ( Transport security),
  • Meteorological Service,
  • Air Transport,
  • Maritime Transport and
  • Roading Division, which came from the Ministry of Works,

Divided.

In 1990, when the National Party took control of the government, the Ministry and its various business areas in State -Owned Enterprises ( SOEs) and Crown Entities has been split or privatized in some areas. In 1992, the Air Transport Division under the name Civil Aviation Authority, a Crown Entity and 1993, the Maritime Transport Division under the name Maritime Safety Authority, a Crown Entity. The Land Transport Division fared no differently and called in the same year, also converted to a Crown Entity, Land Transport Safety Authority.

Shortly after 1999, the Labour Party came into government, was the ministry, which once had to employ more than 4,500 people, only of 60 employees. But Labour was working on a new strategy for a new transport infrastructure and its management. Presented in December 2002, it was not until 2004 that from various departments as an example the Land Transport New Zealand was formed. Further restructuring followed.

The concept, which followed New Zealand over the years, was to reduce the administrative apparatus of the Ministry, through to on the instructions of the Minister, but autonomously operating profit organizations.

Structure of today's business areas

To cope with the numerous tasks for the Ministry following companies for their business areas:

  • Air - Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand ( CAA ) - ( Māori: Te Mana o Aotearoa Rererangi Tūmatanui )
  • Water - Maritime New Zealand - ( Māori: Noh rere te moana Aotearoa )
  • Land - NZ Transport Agency ( NZTA ) - ( Māori: Waka Kotahi )
  • Accidents - Transport Accident Investigation Commission ( TAIC ) - ( Māori: Te Waka Komihana Tirotiro Aitua )

Directly to.

State Services Commission Māori language Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited New Zealand National Party
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