Corruption In New Zealands

Hon Clare Curran Interviewed by Mark Sainsbury

Member of Parliament Claire Curran interviewed by Mark Sainsbury.

Curran has the  portfolios of Minister of Broadcasting, Communications, and Digital Media and Minister for Government Digital Services along with an associate portfolio for the State Services Commission.

In this audio interview Curran commits to transparency and expresses willingness to work with Transparency International New Zealand for better practices around transparency.  She also acknowledges the need for conversations about the Protected Disclosures Act

Audio courtesy of RadioLive New Zealand

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Deloitte Bribery and Corruption Survey 2017

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bribery and corruption survey report

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Trading in influence

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Grand Corruption arrives on our shores

How Low Can You Go? Ferdinand Balfoort by Ferdinand Balfoort TINZ board member Transparency Times regular contributor Late in 2016 the New Zealand government announced it would prefer to monitor the dark side of corruption instead of the professional bodies in charge of lawyers, accountants, and estate agents. The, ‘Ministry of Justice said, “self-regulated bodies,” {read more…}

Saudi Sheep Transparency

TINZ Media release in response to he Auditor-General’s report on the Government’s Saudi Sheep Contract which provides the basis for a wider public debate about corruption and bribery.

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Unaoil

New Zealand shell company involved in multimillion-dollar bribery operation Shortly before news about the Panama Papers broke, a leak of Unaoil’s email cache revealed “that billions of dollars of government contracts were awarded as the direct result of bribes paid on behalf of firms including British icon Rolls-Royce, US giant Halliburton, Australia’s Leighton Holdings and {read more…}

NZ carbon credits a farce

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Are New Zealand enterprises prepared for the new anti-bribery legislation?

The Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Bill passed in Parliament on 4 November 2015 bringing New Zealand more in line with international anti-bribery and corruption legislation. The omnibus Bill, which has been divided into 15 Amendment Acts, should also enable New Zealand to ratify the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which it signed in 2003. {read more…}

Trading on our reputation – Seminar Recap

22 September, 5:30pm – 6:30pmVUW Law School Trading on our reputation: Integrity and its importance to NZ and the Tourism Sector Confirmed panelists are Motel Association CEO, Michael Baines, representing the Tourism Industry and former Department of Conservation CEO now SSC Deputy Commissioner Al Morrison who will discuss the value of New Zealand's Natural Capital {read more…}