A Guide to the Alphabet Soup
Throughout the Crown-connected cultural sector there is a wide use of acronyms. Listed below are some of the more common ones that you may come across in your governance role. Many of these are used in this manual.
- ACH - Arts, Culture and Heritage (This term used in reference to Ministers).
- APH - Appointment and Honours Committee - the Cabinet sub-committee which reviews all appointments and reappointments to Crown entity boards
- CCMAU - Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit - works in governance and monitoring with Crown companies and Ministers to 2009
- CE Act - Crown Entities Act 2004
- CEO - Chief Executive Officer
- CNZ - Creative New Zealand
- COMU - Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit - From 2009
- DFSNZ - Drug Free Sport New Zealand
- DHB - District Health Board
- DIA - Department of Internal Affairs
- DPMC - Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (includes Cabinet Office)
- HPT - (NZ) Historic Places Trust
- LGNZ - Local Government New Zealand
- LGB - Lottery Grants Board
- MCH - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- MHC - Māori Heritage Council, part of the Historic Places Trust
- MOSS - Minister of State Services
- MOU - Memorandum of Understanding – part of Minister/agency relationship process
- MPIA - Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
- MWA - Ministry of Women’s Affairs
- NZFA - New Zealand Film Archive
- NZFC - New Zealand Film Commission
- NZOA - NZ On Air
- NZSO - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- NZMC - New Zealand Music Commission
- OAG - Office of the Auditor-General
- OIA - Official Information Act
- PIA - Performance Improvement Actions
- PIF - Performance Improvement Framework
- PQs - Parliamentary Questions – questions asked by MPs which require answers from Ministers
- RFP - Request for Proposal
- RNZB - Royal New Zealand Ballet
- SOI - Statement of Intent
- SPADA - Screen Production and Development Association
- SPARC - Sport and Recreation New Zealand
- SSC - State Services Commission
- TMMTT - Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust
- TPK - Te Puni Kōkiri
- TWT - Te Waka Toi - Māori Arts Board, part of Creative New Zealand
- VFM - Value for Money
