Ruth Liloqula - TI Solomons shares a personal story about corruption in the Solomons and Pacific

Starting 1 January the U.S. is collecting corporate beneficial ownership information. This is a positive step that hopefully won’t drive corrupt money into New Zealand’s financial systems.

The recent sentencing of the Lidong Foreign Exchange owner demonstrates why a strong anti money laundering regime is an important tool in fighting organised crime and the need for better regulation of money exchange businesses.

Paper prepared jointly by The Institute of Internal Auditors New Zealand and Transparency International New Zealand in November 2023

Saturday 9 December 2023 is International Anti-Corruption Day. International Anti-Corruption Day coincides with the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

On 4 December TI New Zealand facilitated a webinar featuring Virginia Comolli from Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, Det Sup Wayne Gray from the NZ Police and Matt Fehon from McGarth Nicol in Australia. Click "Find Out More" for a webinar recap and recording.

Transparency International (global) is advocating in three key areas of importance for New Zealand at the biennial meeting of UNCAC state parties being held in Atlanta this week.

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 2022-2023 Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) Annual Report was provided to members at the Annual General Meeting on 28th of November. TINZ helps New Zealand to be more resilient to corruption and better able to disrupt it. We do this by being both a watchdog and a promoter of ethical behaviour and transparency. Both roles are essential to a thriving democracy.

Brendon Wilson was awarded Lifetime Membership of Transparency International New Zealand at the AGM in late November. During his time on the Board Brendon’s contribution has been deep and sustained.

Transparency International New Zealand AGM was held in person and online on 28 November. Highlights included the election of new directors, presentation of the annual report and a presentation by Jon Duffy, Chief Executive, Consumer NZ followed by an interesting discussion.