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Accountability of state-owned enterprises

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Accountability of state-owned enterprises

State-owned enterprises are directly accountable to the government of the day through their shareholding or responsible ministers, as shown in this diagram. They are also monitored by the Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit, a part of the Treasury.

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Source: Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit

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Rob Laking, State-owned enterprises – Governance of state-owned enterprises, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/32687/accountability-of-state-owned-enterprises (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rob Laking, published 16 April 2012, updated 1 February 2015.