Editing Crown entity (section)

{{Short description|Organisation in New Zealand's state sector}}
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A '''Crown entity''' (from the Commonwealth term ''[[The Crown|Crown]]'') is an organisation that forms part of [[New Zealand]]'s [[public sector organisations in New Zealand|state sector]] established under the [[Crown Entities Act 2004]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2004/0115/latest/DLM329631.html| title=Crown Entities Act 2004| work=New Zealand Legislation| publisher=Parliamentary Counsel Office}}</ref> a unique umbrella governance and accountability statute. The Crown Entities Act is based on the corporate model where the governance of the organisation is split from the management of the organisation.