The 16th Doc Edge Festival will be held. 3 June – 11 July 2021. The festival features 83 films, 38 days, 4 venues.- Auckland (SkyCity Theatre, The Civic), Wellington (The Roxy) and online nationwide. Here are a couple of films related to transparency

While the pandemic is taking a terrible toll on so many, the super rich have prospered like never before. Excerpt of an article by Transparency International founder Frans Vogl appearing in The Globalist.

New Zealand is signed up to several international mechanisms that aim to reduce corruption across the world. Two of the most important are the Financial Action Task Force and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.

In order to ensure that substantive progress is made in tackling corruption, the United Nations Convention against Corruption Coalition is advocating for Member States to make a number of key commitments during the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session focused on corruption.

TINZ provided four specific recommendations based on its research, in its submission to the Justice Select Committee Inquiry into the 2020 General Election.

The Education and Workforce Select Committee has now published its report on the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Bill, following public consultation earlier this year. New Zealand appears to have missed the opportunity to transform - rather than merely tidy up – its whistleblower legislation.

Modern Slavery presents a sizable financial global impact. In the United Kingdom alone the cost of modern slavery as been estimated at between £3.3bn and £4.3bn per year. The New Zealand Government, and its people, need to take a much stronger stand.

Maintaining integrity when the only certainty is uncertainty was the theme of the February 2021 Public Sector Leaders Integrity Forum.

TINZ’s response to the Justice Select Committee Inquiry into 2020 General Election. Anne Tolley and Avon Adams were the leads in the TINZ response.

A group of Ten civil society organisations with an interest in open government sent a letter to the Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for the Public Service, seeking a meeting to discuss extending the period for co-creation of Open Government Partnership National Actio Plan, thereby enabling funding for the plan to be included in Budget 2022.

Transparency International New Zealand is working with South Pacific people, civil society leaders and communities through the development of the South Pacific Outreach Project.

Gill is looking forward to fully engaging as Transparency International New Zealand's Deputy Chair. TINZ has a significant role to play, she is thrilled to be part of it.