TINZs

TINZ Accreditation 2018

Every three years, the global body, Transparency International, reviews the accreditation of its member chapters. Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) will undergo re-accreditation during the first half of 2018 with the final Membership Accreditation Committee (MAC) Meeting scheduled for the 8th of May 2018. The National Chapter Accreditation and Individual Appointment Policy aims to: protect {read more…}

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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TINZ 2017 Annual General Meeting

Transparency International New Zealand’s 2017 Annual General Meeting held on 30, October 2017, was well attended by individual members, representatives from member organisations, and invited donors, affiliates and guests. 5 Directors were re-elected, namely Suzanne Snively, Christine Stevenson, Brendon Wilson, Conway Powell and Josephine Serrallach. In addition, two members, Karen Webster and Lisa Traill were {read more…}

TINZ connects with Taiwan’s Audrey Tang to accelerate transparency

Audrey Tang visited New Zealand in the last week of September as a keynote speaker for the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) held in Christchurch. She is the Digital Minister (Taiwan) and is in charge of Social Enterprise.  She is known world-wide for revitalizing global open source communities such as Perl and Haskell. Ākina Foundation {read more…}

TINZ governance changes

A number of TINZ governance changes were approved at the July Board meeting. They include: James Brown was elected as TINZ Deputy Chair Conway Powell was appointed as Interim Director, replacing Janine McGruddy The Board accepted Daniel King’s formal resignation as a Director Brendon Wilson was appointed as Interim Director, replacing Daniel King. {read more…}

Janine McGruddy becomes TINZ CEO

New TINZ CEO Janine McGruddy signing her contract with TINZ Chair Suzanne Snively Former board member Janine McGruddy has been contracted from 1 July as TINZ’s Chief Executive Officer. She is charged to further TINZ’s mission of raising awareness and debate amongst New Zealanders in respect to opportunities and challenges of corruption and integrity. An {read more…}

TINZ signs accreditation at IACC

While at the TI AMM in Malaysia last month, President José Ugaz and TINZ Chair Suzanne Snively signed TINZ accreditation document. A chapter’s accreditation with TI is reviewed every three years. The photo above shows TI President José Ugaz and Suzanne Snively signing the document. Looking on is TI Advisory Council member and immediate Past {read more…}

New Zealand and Australia Can Lead the World Through Just Business

Transparency International New Zealand Chair Suzanne Snively’s presentation to Rotary Institute on Saturday, 6 December 2014

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A Tribute to Jeremy Pope

Jeremy Pope “Simply by sailing in a new direction you can enlarge the world”.  – Allen Curnow Around 100 people gathered at Victoria University on 1 December to warmly remember anti-corruption champion Jeremy Pope. Despite his untimely death in August 2012 his advice shaped the Integrity Plus 2013 New Zealand National Integrity System Assessment (NIS) {read more…}

TINZ Letter to Prime Minister 29 Sept 2014

PDF document: Open the PDF document TINZ Letter to Prime Minister 29 Sept 2014 {read more…}