Meteorological Service of New Zealand
| Meteorological Service of New Zealand (MetService)
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1992 |
| Seat |
 Wellington , New Zealand
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| management | Peter Lennox ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 216 |
| sales | NZ $ 42.2 million in 2012 |
| Branch | Weather service |
| Website | www.metservice.com |
The Meteorological Service of New Zealand , brand name MetService , is a state-owned company in New Zealand , based in Wellington . The company creates weather forecasts and provides meteorological data for various purposes for customers at home and abroad.
history
Weather observations began in New Zealand in the 1840s, but it only became a weather service when ship accidents increased off New Zealand's coasts. The government established the first weather service in 1861 and assigned it to the Marine Department first .
On September 1, 1926, the service was assigned to the newly established Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and called itself from then on New Zealand Meteorological Service . However, with the start of World War II , the service came under the control of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1939 . Through a cooperation with the USA , the weather service was now also given tasks outside the country's borders and even in 1964, when the service was assigned to the Department of Civil Aviation , the main focus of the weather service was still on supporting aviation . With the establishment of the Ministry of Transport in 1968, the meteorological service fell to the super ministry.
The wave of privatization in New Zealand in the 1980s did not pass the Meteorological Service by either. More independent economic activity, commercialization of services and expansion of services for cash were also on the agenda for the weather service. As part of this reorganization, in July 1992 the New Zealand Meteorological Service was reorganized under the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 into the Meteorological Service of New Zealand as a State-Owned Enterprise , but already on May 24, 1999 via StateOwned Enterprises (Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited and Vehicle Testing New Zealand Limited) Amendment Act 1999 released from this status.
tasks
- Provision of weather information
- Creation of weather forecasts
- Providing services to farmers, the fishing industry, energy suppliers and aviation
- Carry out meteorological research
Holdings
The Metra Information Limited is a 100% subsidiary of MetService. The task of the company, which operates on the international market under the brand name MetraWeather, is to market the products of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand internationally. The company was founded in 1995.
literature
- John Felix de Lisle: Sails to Satelites - a history of meteorology in New Zealand . Meteorological Service of New Zealand, Wellington 1986, ISBN 0-477-07300-X (English).
- Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd. (Ed.): Annual Report 2012 . Wellington August 2012 (English, Online [PDF; 2.4 MB ; accessed on October 7, 2017]).
Web links
- Company homepage. Meteorological Service of New Zealand, accessed June 2, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd. Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit, archived from the original on June 28, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Annual Report . 2012, p. 12 .
- ^ Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService). Natural Hazards Inc, accessed June 2, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d History. Metra Information Ltd., accessed June 2, 2013 .
- ^ De Lisle: Sails to Satellites . 1986, p. 54 .
- ^ De Lisle: Sails to Satellites . 1986, p. 56 .
- ^ De Lisle: Sails to Satellites . 1986, p. 73 ff .
- ↑ State-Owned Enterprises (Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited and Vehicle Testing New Zealand Limited) Amendment Act 1999. (PDF 170 kB) Legislation New Zealand, accessed on June 2, 2013 .
- ↑ About MetService. Meteorological Service of New Zealand, accessed June 2, 2013 .