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Office of the Clerk - Recruitment
Recruitment Introduction
Select Committee Services
House Office
Hansard
Ngā Ratonga Ao Māori
Parliamentary Engagement
Business Continuity and Chamber Operations

Who we are

The Office of the Clerk is the legislature’s secretariat. We provide specialist advice on procedure and parliamentary law, and secretariat services to the House and its committees. 

We are politically independent, and our team provides services to Parliament while in the Debating Chamber, in committees, and when engaging with other Parliaments internationally. We also look after Parliament’s engagement channels, including the website, social media and Parliament TV.  
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Our Values

To enable democracy by working as one team to deliver an excellent customer experience.

Courage

We do what is right, even when it may be unpopular.

Courage

We do what is right, even when it may be unpopular.

Manaakitanga

We are committed to each other and to the people we work with, across Parliament.

Manaakitanga

We are committed to each other and to the people we work with, across Parliament.

Integrity

We choose what’s right over what’s easy, every time.

Integrity

We choose what’s right over what’s easy, every time.

Kaitiakitanga

Kaitiakitanga draws from the past, inspires the present, and builds towards the future.

Kaitiakitanga

Kaitiakitanga draws from the past, inspires the present, and builds towards the future.

Impartiality

We’re politically neutral and set aside our personal views.

Impartiality

We’re politically neutral and set aside our personal views.

Our Roles

Parliamentary Broadcasting

Works with Parliament TV to broadcast the House on television.

House Office

Provides procedural help to members in the Chamber, and their staff. 

Hansard

Records and publishes members' speeches given in the House and makes them accessible on the web and in print.  

Select Committee Services

Provides procedural, report-writing, and administrative support to select committees.

Parliamentary Law and Practice

Provides specialist and high-level procedural and legal advice to the organisations on precinct.

Ngā Rātonga Ao Māori

Provides simultaneous interpretation services to the House and select committees, and translation services for Office of the Clerk.  

Business Continuity and Chamber Operations

Provides a range of services to the House while its sitting including supporting members and the Speaker in the Chamber. 

Inter-Parliamentary Relations

Coordinates Parliament’s official participation as a member of inter-parliamentary organisations and the contacts between the New Zealand Parliament and parliaments overseas. 

Parliamentary Engagement

Responsible for Parliament's website, social channels, communications, education programmes and the Inter-Parliamentary Relations programme. 

Parliamentary Broadcasting

Works with Parliament TV to broadcast the House on television.

House Office

Provides procedural help to members in the Chamber, and their staff. 

Hansard

Records and publishes members' speeches given in the House and makes them accessible on the web and in print.  

Select Committee Services

Provides procedural, report-writing, and administrative support to select committees.

Parliamentary Law and Practice

Provides specialist and high-level procedural and legal advice to the organisations on precinct.

Ngā Rātonga Ao Māori

Provides simultaneous interpretation services to the House and select committees, and translation services for Office of the Clerk.  

Business Continuity and Chamber Operations

Provides a range of services to the House while its sitting including supporting members and the Speaker in the Chamber. 

Inter-Parliamentary Relations

Coordinates Parliament’s official participation as a member of inter-parliamentary organisations and the contacts between the New Zealand Parliament and parliaments overseas. 

Parliamentary Engagement

Responsible for Parliament's website, social channels, communications, education programmes and the Inter-Parliamentary Relations programme.