Louisa Wall discusses her role and accomplishments as Aotearoa New Zealand’s Ambassador Gender Equality and her recent participation in the Pacific Youth Conference on Governance in Auckland last month.

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

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.

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.

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.