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Let the Sun Shine In: TINZ calls for more political integrity

Change is urgently needed to raise standards of political integrity and maintain trust in the practice of democracy. There are three priority areas: lobbying regulation, transparency of political donations and reduction in the use of urgency.

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Time to Raise the Bar: The Case for a Positive Test for Urgency in New Zealand Parliament

Using urgency as a default legislative strategy — treating a parliamentary majority as a substitute for deliberation, or rushing complex legislation through simply because a government can is not acceptable.

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Get Lobbying into the Sunlight

Professional lobbying has grown significantly in New Zealand since the 1980s, yet regulation has not kept pace. While lobbying can contribute to public policy, the absence of clear rules has enabled practices that undermine public confidence.

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The Queensland Model – Real-Time Political Funding

In Queensland, candidates are required to disclose donations in real time. New Zealand would benefit from a similar regime

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Parliament calls out government for being hard to understand — and charts a way forward

A landmark report from a cross-party Committee says New Zealanders deserve much clearer information about what the government is doing with their money.

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Modern Slavery Bill

As currently drafted, the Bill is an important step to overcome stalled progress on modern slavery legislation in New Zealand. but we have concerns with aspects of the current drafting and believe the Bill can be strengthened further to provide a more effective framework for addressing modern slavery.

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New Zealand Takes on Modern Slavery: What the New Bill Means — and What's Missing

Transparency International New Zealand has made a submission to Parliament on the Modern Slavery Bill 2026, broadly welcoming the legislation while urging significant strengthening before it becomes law.

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Pacific Partnership Environmental Research Project

TINZ is continuing its work across the Pacific through a new ‘Access to Environmental Information’ research project that focuses on information available on fisheries in Fiji and extractives in Solomon Islands.

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Speech by Dr Salome Taufa, Director of Governance and Engagement, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum

As the Pacific continues to navigate a more uncertain and demanding regional and global environment we will need institutions that are trusted, leadership that is principled and policies that are informed by facts and evidence.

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World Whistleblowers Day – Where We Are at In the Pacific

On World Whistleblowers Day we have an opportunity to celebrate the people who have come forward to speak out against corruption and wrongdoing. In far too many places, urgent action to protect them is still needed.

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Civic Leaders for Clean Transactions Integrity Fiji becomes TI National Contact

Based on excellent work on the ground and help from NZ MFAT and TINZ Integrity, Fiji is now a Transparency International National Contact.

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Exploring the Tongan perspective on corruption, transparency & integrity - second session

The TINZ South Pacific Outreach Program held a series of Talanoa sessions aimed at exploring the Tongan perspective on corruption, transparency & integrity. The results are quite interesting. This is the second of three blog posts.

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Democracy in crisis in Samoa

Political turmoil in Samoa after April elections have the long standing Pacific democracy in crisis.

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Exploring the Tongan perspective on corruption, transparency & integrity

The TINZ South Pacific Outreach Program held a series of Talanoa sessions aimed at exploring the Tongan perspective on corruption, transparency & integrity.

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Transparency and integrity - South Pacific outreach

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

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