On December 9th 2025, the world marks International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD). This year’s theme, “Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow’s Integrity”, highlights the vital role of young people in building fairer, more transparent societies.

TINZ Submission for New Zealand Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 5. The commitments are all relevant to TINZ advocacy points. However, overall the process of developing the NAP 5 by the PSC continues to tightly control civil participation. The OGP Participation and Co-Creation Standards encourage deeper levels of engagement than is evidenced in the New Zealand NAP5 development.

Across the Pacific, civil society continues to show that determined, principled action can shift power, strengthen democracy, and protect public resources. As we acknowledge Anti-Corruption Day, we celebrate the remarkable contributions of Transparency International chapters across the region to this action.

We have produced a short three minute video that brings together Pacific voices speaking from the heart about what real participation and strong democracy look like in our region.

Ahead of Transparency International New Zealand’s (TINZ) 2025 Annual Meeting, TINZ members and guests gathered in Wellington for a panel discussion examining Aotearoa’s current legislative and system safeguards against growing corruption and integrity risks.

On 12 November, TINZ held its 2024-2025 Annual General Meeting at the Wellington Club, in Wellington. Ahead of the Annual Meeting, TINZ members and guests gathered for a panel discussion examining Aotearoa’s current legislative and system safeguards against growing corruption and integrity risk

A great present to unwrap for Christmas, MBIE is releasing their Government Procurement Dashboards.We are promised they will be live by Christmas on their website.

On Friday 31, October 2025 the United Nations Association of New Zealand (UNANZ) sponsored a reception commemorating the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. James Bushell, President of UNANZ, reminded us of what truly matters.

TINZ has been attending consultation sessions on the proposed National Action Plan 5 (NAP 5) for the Open Government Partnership. At civil society’s urging, the Public Service Commission (PSC) opened a brief consultation on the final draft plan, which ended on 8 December.

Stats NZ is seeking feedback on the proposed data collection and content for the next census. The consultation shares Stats NZ’s current thinking for the next census and invites feedback on the proposed data collection approach and content by Friday 19 December.

The Transnational Organised crime index released in November 2025 included New Zealand. This article contains a summary of the findings for New Zealand.

In Mid November Te Kawa Mataaho (Public Service Commission) published its second Long Term Insights Briefing (LTIB). TINZ would like to see more focus on strengthening the regulatory environment and a deeper dive into integrity risks.

The 2024-2025 Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) Annual Report was provided to members at the Annual General Meeting on the 12th of November. TINZ's mission is to foster a New Zealand culture where transparency, integrity, good governance, and ethical standards and practices are the core values of all New Zealanders.

Organised crime has become New Zealand’s top national-security threat, but new government proposals urge urgent, system-wide reform to fight back. Discover how the TSOC Advisory Group’s final report calls for bold, united action to protect our peace and prosperity.

In October, 2,000 people from more than 70 countries attended the Open Government Partnership’s Global Summit in Spain’s Basque Autonomous Community. Its theme was “a time of profound global challenges to democracy”.

In New Zealand, more and more of our personal information is being digitised and connected through the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). To maintain public trust, there must be strong transparency, accountability, and integrity in how these tools are developed and used.

An impressive 44,737 out of just over 65,000 public servants completed the Public Service Census earlier this year. The results just out show both positive features of the New Zealand public service, and some worrying concerns.