Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) has designed six sets of questions that can be used when talking with a candidate standing for local body elections, for which voting closes on 12 October. They are applicable to all positions.

Transparency International New Zealand comment on the Office of the Auditor General Draft Annual Plan 2020-21

Building Accountability Summary of the National Integrity System Assessment, 2018 Update.

On 1 January, 2021 the US Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA), the first major money laundering reform in 20 years. The Act creates a beneficial ownership registry and modernises whistleblower protections.

The 2017-2018 Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) Annual Report was provided to members at the Annual General Meeting. TINZ continues to make progress in raising corruption awareness and corruption prevention.

It is gratifying to see the Ministry of Education make serious steps towards addressing the damaging socio-economic inequities in civic literacy within New Zealand. The resulting, recently released School Leavers' Toolkit, is a significant resource to guide our secondary school students for the next phase of their lives.

Integrity Fiji is accredited as a national contact for Transparency International. TINZ sends its heartiest congratulations to the Integrity Fiji Team for gaining this accreditation. It is a huge credit to the mahi put in over a long time by our colleagues in Fiji. Check our facebook page for a video interview with the Executive Director Joseph Veramu.

On Tuesday 6 October approximately 200 people gathered at Victoria University of Wellington to hear 2020 election candidates discuss business and political integrity.

Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) is delighted that Suzanne Snively has been named in the New Years Honours as an Honorary Dame Companionfor her services to governance

We have much work on our plate, but that doesn’t mean we rest on our laurels. I am looking forward to the opportunities ahead for our organisation in New Zealand, as a Treaty partner, as a Pacific nation, as a great democracy.