Saturday 9 December 2023 is International Anti-Corruption Day. International Anti-Corruption Day coincides with the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

On 4 December TI New Zealand facilitated a webinar featuring Virginia Comolli from Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, Det Sup Wayne Gray from the NZ Police and Matt Fehon from McGarth Nicol in Australia. Click "Find Out More" for a webinar recap and recording.

The 2022-2023 Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) Annual Report was provided to members at the Annual General Meeting on 27th of November. TINZ helps New Zealand to be more resilient to corruption and better able to disrupt it. We do this by being both a watchdog and a promoter of ethical behaviour and transparency. Both roles are essential to a thriving democracy.

Paper prepared jointly by The Institute of Internal Auditors New Zealand and Transparency International New Zealand in November 2023

In a positive step for democracy the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has been affirmed with the six political parties likely to have MPs elected to Parliament giving a strong thumbs up for New Zealand’s continuing membership.

The distraction around policy costing rather than focusing on the merits of the policies themselves highlights the need for a Parliamentary Budget Office

Human rights are becoming mainstreamed on the corporate agenda and addressing modern slavery risk is a cost businesses cannot and should not avoid.

TINZ held its inaugural Business Leaders Integrity Forum on 22 September taking our proven public sector format to the private sector

On 22 September TINZ ran an online Leaders Integrity Forum just for Public Sector Chief Executives. Lord Jonathan Evans spoke on how UK organisations have sought to integrate ethical values into their policies and ways of working

Youths For Integrity Fiji is creating videos aimed at getting other young people and the Pacific public to influence the discourse on fighting corruption in all its forms.

Recent government reports show that it is palpably not possible for the average knowledgeable person in New Zealand to find and understand how much public money is being spent on which programs, with which consultants and companies, and whether the spending has been evaluated with a view to its original outcomes.