Story: State-owned enterprises

KiwiRail (3rd of 5)

KiwiRail

KiwiRail's logo looks both like a fern (a common symbol for New Zealand) and the sleepers on a railway line. Government-owned from 2008, New Zealand's rail system has been structured in a variety of ways. In the 1920s it was government-owned but run as a business. It was run by an independent board from 1931, before returning to government management in 1936. In 1982 the 102-year-old Railways Department became the New Zealand Railways Corporation, an early type of state-owned enterprise. In 1993 it was sold to private interests. In 2004 the government began buying the railways back.

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Rob Laking, 'State-owned enterprises - What are state-owned enterprises?', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/32674/kiwirail (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Rob Laking, published 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Feb 2015