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Green, Greener, Greenest – for a better world

“Net Zero emissions by the year 2050” is the target, and the challenge facing New Zealand.

This was the central thesis presented by the Minister for Climate Change,

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Report on Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism warns against complacency

In its updated assessment the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said $1.35 billion of domestic criminal proceeds is generated for laundering in New Zealand each year.

While the new requirement under the anti money laundering and counter terrorism act to be implemented in July will further assist the prevention of money laundering for terrorist and other criminal purposes financial transactions are not the only identifier of criminal intent. The Government needs to pass with urgency the bill that will identify beneficial ownership of trusts followed quickly with an amendment to cover all legal entities used by overseas sources and with the register fully transparent.

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From the Chair

Good news doesn’t engage readers as easily as bad news.

And when there is so much information flying around through the ether these days – on smart phones, radio, bill boards – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, it’s important for an organisation like TINZ to be able to engage readers.

So, here I am writing my second “From the Chair” in 2018 with even better news to report than in February.

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Open Data Charter signed by Government

On 2 March 2018 the Hon James Shaw,  Minister of Statistics posted on Twitter: “Today the Government Chief Data Steward and I officially signed New Zealand’s commitment to the Open Data Charter (ODC). This means we’ve signed up to an alliance of governments and experts across the world who,

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Momentum building on lobbyists transparency

Transparency issues in New Zealand are suddenly gaining serious momentum  mostly due to the change of government. Not all  the changes are positive.

An important development has been the Green Party decision to make public the appointment diaries of its Ministers and to ban all of its MPs and staff from accepting gifts..

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Pivotal Anti-corruption Role for Public Sector Leaders

The first public sector Leaders Integrity Forum for 2018 focused on how our public servants can support the government in its commitment to combat and prevent corruption in New Zealand. Forum chair, Greg Schollum, Deputy Auditor General, introduced the first speaker, Andrew Bridgman, Chief Executive and Secretary for Justice.

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SDG Summit on 23 April 2018

David Dunsheath
Board Member with delegated Authority for SDG’s

Nearly two and a half years into the United Nation’s 15-year Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) programme, wide spread public awareness of these SDGs is only now dawning in New Zealand.  Government, civil society and business institutions have only recently begun to align their policy settings with specific SDGs of relevance to them.

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Hon James Shaw presentation: Green, Greener, Greenest

Hon James Shaw, Minister of Climate Change, will share his in-depth knowledge of climate change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a presentation at Victoria University’s Pipitea Campus. He will discuss how transparency about climate change and emissions reporting will lead to a better future. 

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TINZ thanks Sir Don McKinnon

Transparency International New Zealand thanks Sir Don McKinnon for being its patron for the past three years.

Sir Don is a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, as well as having served as New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is Chairman of the Global Panel Foundation – Australasia,

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2017 Corruption Perceptions Index ranks New Zealand Number One

New Zealand #1 least corrupt public sector in the world

New Zealand’s public sector is ranked the least corrupt in the world, according to Transparency International’s 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released globally in late February.

Compiled annually by Berlin-based Transparency International, the CPI ranks countries worldwide by perceived levels of public sector corruption.

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