Public Sectors

TINZ New Year’s Wishes

TINZ Staff New Governments tend to bring with them fresh optimism and hope for further reform, and New Zealand is no exception.  We are very pleased with the commitments this government has made for better practices around issues of transparency.  Several Members of Parliament have promised to work directly with Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) {read more…}

Open Government Partnership: submissions update

David Dunsheath Delegated authority for Parliamentary Relations Newsletter Co-Editor TINZ recently provided requested feedback on two elements of New Zealand’s ‘Open Government Partnership’ (OGP) National Action Plan 2016-18 Open Government Data Dashboard prototype – October submission On 20 October 2017 TINZ submitted feedback on the a draft Open Data Dashboard. This dashboard is intended to {read more…}

Treasury’s Financial Statements of the Government: revealed in lock-up

George White TINZ Communications and Research Analyst I represented Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) at the October 5th Treasury lock-up for the Financial Statements of the Government (FSG). This event is intended to brief the media and interested organizations just prior to general release of the FSG. Central government’s financial statements were provided to attendees, {read more…}

The New Zealand Government’s pledges tracked from 2016 Global Anti-Corruption Summit

David Dunsheath TINZ Board Member Delegated authority for Parliamentary Relations Co-Editor Newsletter In May 2016, 43 countries and six international organisations were convened at the Global Anti-Corruption Summit in London (ACS). The Summit encouraged the pursuit of ambitious individual action plans by asking countries to make specific commitments or pledges. Following the Summit, Transparency International {read more…}

Constitutional support for public service

Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, when speaking at the May TINZ board meeting, made a case that there has been an absence of free and frank advice offered to ministers in recent for public servants from total ministerial control.

Sir Geoffrey noted that If ministers do not receive free and frank advice, there is a real risk that this will promote a tendency to politicise the public service and endanger its independence, thereby adversely affecting the quality of advice given and decisions taken.

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Preventing corruption in procurement

Janine McGruddy, CEO TINZ Fresh off the heels of the latest budget it is always a good time to think about how that money will be spent—no, not the extra $10 per year in your pocket, but the approximately $30 billion to $40 billion on goods and services, including infrastructure, spent by the New Zealand {read more…}

Transformation in the State Services Commission? Integrity finally gets a seat at the top table in the Public Sector

State Services Commission took a very positive step in addressing a key recommendation of TINZ’s Integrity Plus 2013 New Zealand National Integrity System Assessment by advertising a role for Deputy Commissioner, Integrity, Ethics and Standards.

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Public Sector Integrity Media Release

State Services Commission took a very positive step in addressing a key recommendation of TINZ’s Integrity Plus 2013 New Zealand National Integrity System Assessment by advertising a role for Deputy Commissioner, Integrity, Ethics and Standards.

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Acceptable bounds for gifts and hospitality for public officials

The following table is © Bell Gully and reproduced with permission. It was produced by former TINZ Director and current Bell Gully Senior Associate Fiona Tregonning who works with organizations in managing corruption risks. The full article is here: New Zealand public sector on top – but fight against corruption real. Findings by Judge Sally {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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