TINZ Director Luke Qin reports from the Regional meeting of the second Summit for Democracy in Seoul. Of particular interest is the mention of work on a New Zealand anti-corruption strategy by the Serious Fraud Office

TINZ will take a functional approach in progressing the New Zealand National Integrity System Assessment and do so in the context of the Treaty of Waitangi. For 2023 and into 2024 we will be working on Business Integrity and Corruption prevention and exposure.

Several reports on the state of the public service from Te Kawa Mataaho—Public Service Commission are now available

Money Laundering and Corruption Report. Research published by Transparency International New Zealand investigates corruption and money laundering within Pacific Island Countries (PICs). It highlights the linkage between the two concluding that preventive and investigative systems are insufficient and not operating effectively.

The announcement by the Prime Minister of potential regulation of lobbyists and other matters is welcome news to those who advocate for political integrity. Now we need to turn it into effective legislation.

The fight against corruption and the fight for climate justice are not separate struggles, but rather two sides of the same coin. Corruption is a major obstacle to addressing the threat of climate change. Combatting corruption is essential for building a sustainable and equitable future.

This report published in April 2023 was primarily prepared by TINZ, with review and further contribu􀆟ons by the Parliamentary Services Library staff. The focus is on central government with some limited coverage of local government.

On 13 April NZCCL is hosting a panel discussion about the state of and promise of Open Government in light of Aotearoa New Zealand's recent Fourth National Action Plan for Open Government.

Developing a regional approach to combat corruption in the Pacific, sharing knowledge and experience, building capability, strengthening cross-regional advocacy and collaboration and generating ideas for training and fundraising were the focus of the Transparency International Pacific Regional Meeting held in Suva, Fiji late February through early March.

The second Summit for Democracy included a commitment by the US and others to enhance beneficial ownership transparency. The Indo-Pacific Regional meeting held in Korea called for Indo-Pacific governments to take greater action against corruption.

TINZ recently commented on The Review into the Future of Local Government’s draft report He mata whāriki. Our submission’s overall call to action is that reform proposals should ensure greater transparency of decision-making with better access of voters and reporters to local democracy.

Can intelligence (the people and agencies) become the cornerstone on which the broader regression in public trust could be reversed? Can intelligence (the products) become a byword for trusted reliability?