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.

Pacific Island countries face particular corruption risks given their relatively small populations, dependence on natural resources, vulnerability to natural disasters and recent transition to democracy. However, evidence about levels and patterns of corruption is still limited.

TINZ was represented by Julie Haggie and Debbie Gee at the mid-point review of Transparency International’s Indo-Pacific Partnership for Strong, Transparent, Responsive and Open Networks for Good Governance 2020-2023 in Bali. Face-to-face collegiality, the opportunity to forge new relationships, rekindle existing ones, and build strong effective networks after years of being able to meet only online, were arguably the most valuable outcomes of all.

Australia has taken an historic step towards restoring trust in government with the introduction of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) legislation to Parliament.

The red flags of authoritarianism are popping up in the Pacific where governments are using extraordinary executive powers to amend their constitutions, curtail media freedom and undermine judiciaries

Anti-corruption advocates across the Pacific are expressing concern about a Chinese state-owned company's efforts to secure a port and landing strip in the Solomon Islands and money paid to the nation’s controversial leader and controlling members of parliament.