The following section is based on self-reporting from the 37 government departments who implemented the New Zealand Disability Strategy in 2002-03.  For 27 of those departments it was their first year of implementation.  The departments were:

• Archives New Zealand
• Crown Law Office
• Department of Child, Youth and Family Services
• Department of Conservation
• Department of Corrections
• Department for Courts (now part of the Ministry of Justice)
• Department of Internal Affairs
• Department of Labour*
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Education Review Office
• Inland Revenue
• Land Information New Zealand
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Economic Development
• Ministry of Education*
• Ministry for the Environment
• Ministry of Fisheries
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Ministry of Health*
• Ministry of Housing
• Ministry of Justice*
• Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs*
• Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
• Ministry of Social Development* (which includes Work and Income New Zealand)
• Ministry of Transport*
• Ministry of Youth Affairs (which now operates within the Ministry of Social Development)
• Ministry of Women's Affairs*
• National Library of New Zealand
• New Zealand Customs Service
• Serious Fraud Office
• State Services Commission*
• Statistics New Zealand
• Te Puni Kokiri* (Ministry of Māori Development)
• The Police
• The Treasury

* indicates the 10 key departments that have previously reported on implementation of the New Zealand Disability Strategy.