Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)

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Ministry of Transport
Māori : Te Manatū Waka
Ministry of Transport
Jurisdiction Transport infrastructure
(air, land, water)
legal form Public Service Department
Headquarters Wellington
Establishment date 1968
Ministry Ministry of Transport
minister Phil Twyford
since October 26, 2017
Employee 146
As of 2012
budget NZ $ 48.879 million
as of 2012
Website : www.transport.govt.nz

Ministry of Transport ( Māori : Te Manatū Waka ) is a ministry in New Zealand that is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance, organization and safety of all transport infrastructure on land, sea and air.

history

The ministry was founded in 1968 through the merger of the Transport Department and the Civil Aviation Service and has a workforce of around 2,800. By the early 1970s, the ministry was already responsible for all of the country's transport operations, including the Marine Department and the Meteorological Service, and employed more than 4,500 people.

In the 1980s the ministry was divided into the various business areas:

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

divided.

When the National Party took over government power in 1990 , the Ministry and its various divisions were divided into State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Crown Entities or were partially privatized. In 1992 the Air Transport Division became a Crown Entity under the name Civil Aviation Authority and in 1993 the Maritime Transport Division became a Crown Entity under the name Maritime Safety Authority . The Land Transport Division fared no differently and called itself that same year, also converted into a Crown Entity, Land Transport Safety Authority .

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

The concept that New Zealand pursued over the years consisted of reducing the administrative apparatus of the ministry towards profit organizations working independently on the direction of the minister.

Structure of today's business areas

In order to cope with the numerous tasks, the following companies are responsible for the following business areas:

directly subordinated.

literature

  • Ministry of Transport (Ed.): Annual Report 2011/12 . June 2012, ISSN  0085-4123 (English, Online [PDF; 447 kB ; accessed on November 26, 2018]).
  • Ministry of Transport (Ed.): Statement of Intent 2013-2016 . June 2012, ISSN  1176-3035 (English, Online [PDF; 520 kB ; accessed on November 26, 2018]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ministers. Ministry of Transport, accessed May 31, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Annual Report 2011/12 . 2012, p.  12 .
  3. ↑ Annual Report 2011/12 . 2012, p.  41 .
  4. ↑ a b c d History of the Ministry. Ministry of Transport, accessed May 29, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Statement of Intent 2013-2016 . 2012, p.  5 .