Maritime NZ is the national regulatory, compliance and response agency for the safety, security and environmental protection of coastal and inland waterways.

We are a Crown entity set up in 1993 and are governed by a Board appointed by the Minister of Transport under the New Zealand Maritime Transport Act 1994.

We have about 330 staff located in our 10 regional offices and Wellington head office, at our Marine Pollution Response Centre in Auckland and our Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand in Lower Hutt.