Open Government

Construction and Infrastructure – Red-flags and Tools

The construction and infrastructure sectors regularly appear in fraud/ corruption/ misconduct investigations undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office, the NZ Police, professional tribunals and recently the Commerce Commission.

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Good Governance for a Blue Pacific 2050

Pacific Chapters of TI have joined their voices to call for good governance, improved electoral integrity and stronger efforts across the Pacific to prevent corruption.

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Safeguarding Our Pacific: Closing Our Environmental Governance Series

Our final talanoa in the Pacific Environmental Governance Series — Safeguarding Our Pacific: Tackling Corruption and Protecting Communities — was an honest and powerful conversation about corruption, courage, and community.

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TI Australia Turns 30

Congratulations to the Board, staff and supporters of TI Australia (TIA) which celebrated TIA’s 30th anniversary in Melbourne in late August

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UN Human Rights Experts Issue First-Ever Call to UNCAC States Parties

In a significant first, a group of United Nations human rights experts - Special Mandate Holders - have issued a joint call urging governments to strengthen transparency and civil society participation in the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption.

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Putting Responsible Business Conduct into Practice – Insights from the OECD Guidelines

How can businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand grow responsibly while managing risks to people, planet and society? Find out more at the MBIE Webinar on 29 September 2025 at 2:00pm

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Hattie Compton-Moen wins 2025 TINZ Dame Suzanne Snively Scholarship

The 2025 scholarship will help Hattie with her research on tension between corporate disobedience being used as a principled tool for societal change or simply as another vessel for corporate profit-making and influence.

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Trusting the Machine: AI’s Role in HR

AI promises efficiency in recruitment, but can it be fair? In New Zealand, organisations are beginning to experiment with AI in HR, raising urgent questions about transparency, accountability, and human oversight

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Electoral Amendment Bill Submission

TINZ is concerned that several of the proposed changes will disenfranchise citizens without reasonable justification. The legislation should also focus more on integrity, transparency and accountability in the election process. Read our submission.

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Let People Vote

Several of the government’s proposed changes to electoral law in the Electoral Amendment Bill will undermine the right to vote for some of our citizens

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Government procurement: Open data about supplier contracts

While the publication of the NZ procurement data by MBIE is to be applauded, the quality and completeness of the data available continues to fall well short of genuine transparency. There is plenty of room for improvement.

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Open Government: Persistent concerns must be addressed

New Zealand needs to address long-standing open government engagement and content issues in its next Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. The government and the public need to work together to resolve these issues so that more New Zealanders participate in New Zealand’s democracy.

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Open Government Partnership: Time for a different approach

As we enter the community consultation phase to draft a new Open Government Partnership National Action Plan (2020-2022) for New Zealand, we know the current methods of engagement aren’t working and don’t lead to actions that truly reflect the aspirations of civil society. Is it time to consider a different approach?

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New Zealand's Open Government Partnership

New Zealand is developing it's fourth Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. Here is an update about planned events and a suggestion for areas where transformative initiatives are called for.

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