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The Ministry of Social Development (MSD; Māori: Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on social policy, and providing social services. MSD is the largest public service department, employing public servants in over 200 locations around New Zealand.
The Minister for Social Development (Māori: Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora) [2] is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility promoting social development and welfare, and is in charge of the Ministry of Social Development. The position was established in 1938 after the passing of the Social Security Act 1938.
The Ministry of Housing was established in 1991 by the Fourth National Government as a policy advice agency alongside Housing New Zealand Corporation, which managed the state housing portfolio. [1] The Ministry of Social Policy, later the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), gained a housing policy role in the late 1990s.
The total amount of student loan debt in New Zealand has increased from 934 million [52] in 2002 to 16 billion [53] in 2021. In 2003, the average student loan debt was 12,280. [54] According to recent data that was published November 2022, the average student debt in New Zealand is now around $24,000. [53]
The Ministry of Social Development: public housing purchasing, homelessness policy and response, and emergency, transitional; and public housing policy. The Treasury: monitoring of Housing New Zealand and the Tamaki Redevelopment Company. [3] The HUD is in charge of the Government's KiwiBuild scheme project.
The New Zealand Companies Office (a service of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) is a government agency that provides business registry services in relation to corporate entities, personal property and capital market securities. It delivers nearly all its services through electronic systems and the internet.
Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People is a government ministry within New Zealand's Ministry of Social Development.Its mission is to improve outcomes [clarification needed] for disabled people in New Zealand, reform the wider disability system, and coordinate the Government's disability policies. [1]