Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier reported in October on his investigation into workshop and meeting open-information practices of eight local government authorities. He saw no evidence of inappropriately made decisions, but he did see practices counter to the principles of openness.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is working to counter fraud and corruption through the recently established Counter Fraud Centre - Tauārai Hara Tāware, the development of a National Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy (NCFCS) in its role as the lead agency for investigating and prosecuting fraud and corruption.

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

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

The recent research report commissioned by Te Waihanga - New Zealand Infrastructure Commission makes it clear New Zealand has the necessary standards and guidance to enable infrastructure transparency. However, these measures are not currently being sufficiently followed to facilitate transparency within large New Zealand public infrastructure projects.

The Inspector-General of Defence Act is now law. This law sets in place the process for establishing independent oversight to provide an avenue for independent scrutiny of the New Zealand Defence Force and its activities. Civil society was heard in the process, however OIA overrides and limited disclosure of investigations limit transparency