In a report released in November 2022, the Independent Police Conduct Authority found major deficiencies in the way in which Police respond to fraud complaints. It recommends the development of a fraud prevention strategy incorporating both public and private sector agencies led by Police.

Transparency International and Transparency International New Zealand continue to call for improved transparency in the ownership of trusts.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently released their STAR Framework, Global Standard for Regulating Social Media with solid recommendations for countering hate and disinformation on the internet.

The NZ International Fraud Film Festival will be held on March 29 and March 30 at Q Theatre in Auckland.

The common narrative in Turkey is that “it is not the earthquake killing us, it is the buildings”. It is about time to change this to “it is not the earthquake killing us, it is the corruption…

One opinion suggests that New Zealand Governments have increasingly short circuited established processes when introducing new legislation or in making legislative change. This is likely contributing to New Zealand’s drop in the Corruption Perceptions Index.

New Zealand is ranked second equal with Finland in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index. Denmark is now clearly at the top of the ranking with New Zealand’s score dropping one point to 87 while Denmark improved by 2 points, scoring 90. This is only the third time since 2006 where New Zealand has not ranked first or first equal in the annual index.

The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International showed that the Asia Pacific region stagnated with an average score of 45 for the fourth year in a row.

In December 2022 Transparency International published a report that presents the perceptions and experiences of corruption of people in seven small Pacific countries. It examines views gathered from Tuvalu, Niue, Tokelau (an island territory of New Zealand), Palau, Cook Islands, The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and Nauru.

The long awaited review of the Ministry of Justice’s Review of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 was released in November 2022. It produced 215 recommendations.

Te Kawa Mataaho have delivered New Zealand’s fourth Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. A number of commitments are related to anti-corruption and transparency.

A brief update on coming activities for New Zealand's United Nations Convention against Corruption commitment and OECD Anti-Bribery Convention particiption.