Our Contact Centre will be closed from 5pm on 24 December 2024, reopening at 8am on 3 January 2025. National Office (Aitken Street, Wellington) reception will be closed from 5pm on Friday 20 December, reopening at 8am on Monday 6 January 2025. For more information, see Court and Tribunal hours
The breadth and depth of our involvement in key areas within Aotearoa New Zealand’s democracy is reflected in the number of pieces of legislation and regulatory systems we’re responsible for. We administer 154 pieces of legislation and have regulatory stewardship responsibilities for 52 regulatory systems.
Due to the Ministry’s large regulatory stock, we’ve organised our regulatory systems into regulatory areas. Many of these regulatory systems and areas overlap.
Our 7 regulatory areas are: