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Structure of state services, 2010

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Structure of state services, 2010

New Zealand's public service is made up of three main types of state-sector agencies. This chart shows the relative sizes of each type, based on their 2010 budgets.

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Source: State Services Commission

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Richard Shaw, Public service – What is the public service?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/33004/structure-of-state-services-2010 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Richard Shaw, published 31 May 2012.