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Crown Entities Act 2004

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Schedule 2: Crown entity companies

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"Companies owned by the New Zealand government"

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You can find a list of Crown entity companies in the Crown Entities Act 2004. A Crown entity company is a company that is owned by the government. Some of these companies have exemptions from certain rules. You can see which companies have exemptions in the table. A tick in the table means the company is exempt from a particular rule. The rules are about things like buying financial products, borrowing money, and guaranteeing loans. Some companies are exempt from paying their net surplus to the Crown, as stated in section 165. This means they do not have to give their extra money to the government. You can look at the table to see which companies have this exemption.

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2Crown entity companies Empowered by ss 7, 160, 165

Note: A tick alongside the name of a Crown entity company means that the Crown entity company is granted an exemption from the section of this Act that appears above the tick.

The following table is small in size and has 6 columns. Column 1 is headed Name. Columns 2 to 5 are grouped under the heading Exemption from acquisition of financial products, borrowing, guarantee, and derivative rules. Column 2 is headed s 161. Column 3 is headed s 162. Column 4 is headed s 163. Column 5 is headed s 164. Column 6 is headed Exemption from section 165 (net surplus payable to Crown).
Name Exemption from acquisition of financial products, borrowing, guarantee, and derivative rules Exemption from section 165 (net surplus payable to Crown)
s 161 s 162 s 163 s 164
Auckland Light Rail Limited
Crown Irrigation Investments Limited ✓
Crown Research Institutes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners Limited ✓ ✓ ✓
Radio New Zealand Limited ✓
Television New Zealand Limited ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Notes
  • Schedule 2 table heading: amended, on , by section 150 of the Financial Markets (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2013 (2013 No 70).
  • Schedule 2: amended, on , by section 46 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).
  • Schedule 2: amended, on , by clause 4 of the Crown Entities (Auckland Light Rail Limited) Order 2022 (SL 2022/271).
  • Schedule 2: amended, on , by section 17 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 77).
  • Schedule 2: amended, on , by clause 3 of the Crown Entities (Crown Irrigation Investments Limited) Order 2013 (SR 2013/290).
  • Schedule 2: amended, on , by clause 3 of the Crown Entities (New Zealand Fast Forward Fund Limited) Order 2009 (SR 2009/353).