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Help us reach 1,000 Linked In followers!

We have almost 1,000 followers on Linkedin! Help us grow the transparency and integrity movement - the more people we can reach, the more we can help to raise awareness about critical issues that matter in our democracies.

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Let’s Level the Lobbying Playing Field - Campaign Launch

Transparency International New Zealand has joined a campaign led by Health Coalition Aotearoa and including the Helen Clark Foundation, pushing for stronger measures towards political integrity through transparency, ethical standards and accountability.

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Follow the Money - TINZ Corruption Scan March 2025

Every year TINZ monitors reported corruption to inform our strategy. This year’s scan reports $28 Million in discovered and convicted cases.

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Procurement Rules propose more transparency

The recently revised rules for central government agencies undertaking procurement are a positive step in increasing transparency of government procurement.

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Follow the money – TINZ Corruption Scan 2025

Every year Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) monitors reported corruption to inform our strategy. This year’s scan reports $28 million in discovered and convicted cases.

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Our Pacific Program through Digital Storytelling

In conjunction with the Transparency International’s Pacific Program, we have produced a digital storytelling video featuring TINZ Deputy Chair and Pacific Committee Chair Debbie Gee talking about our Pacific Programme for 2024-2028

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Gurdeep Talwar joins the TINZ Board

Gurdeep Talwar has been appointed to the TINZ Board. Learn more about his incredible background.

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Transparency International Stock Take

Transparency International (TI) is actively engaged in a multitude of initiatives to fight corruption globally. At the end of the day, everything they achieve ultimately affects New Zealanders.

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National Financing of Terrorism Risks

TINZ Member with Delegated Authority Giulia Dondoli reports on the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit New Zealand National Risk Assessment 2024 as it relates to Terrorism and Financing of Terrorism.

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Data and the duty of care

Two excellent, recently released, independent reports commissioned by Stats NZ and the Public Service Commission have reported on data sharing arrangements between agencies and several organisations. They show serious gaps in the protection of sensitive personal data

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UNCAC NZ Implementation Review

In mid-May 2025 the New Zealand government will host an evaluation team who will review New Zealand’s implementation of the commitments it signed up to under the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

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TINZ involvement in the Pacific programme in 2025

TINZ is a contributing chapter to the 2024-2029 Transparency International Indo Pacific Programme. TINZ’s work focuses on cross Pacific concerns including Polynesia. In 2022 we produced research on the interlinking risks of money laundering and corruption across the Pacific.

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Beyond Fear: How New Zealand is Securing Safe Whistleblowing

Evidence from contemporary research underlines why legal frameworks like the Protected Disclosures Act, which promote and protect whistleblowing, are so critical to good governance in both the public and private sectors.

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New Zealand slides again in 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (Media Release)

New Zealand’s score has declined again, from 85 to 83 in the just released 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), resulting in a further slip in our global ranking, now to fourth, with Singapore moving into third place. This also bumps New Zealand off the top rank in the Asia Pacific region.

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TINZ letter regarding the UNCAC Review Mechanism

The current UNCAC review mechanism suffers from numerous weaknesses that prevent the UNCAC from truly living up to its potential. The current review of the process is an opportunity to work with other States to turn the UNCAC into a truly global anti-corruption force.

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UNCAC - TINZ pressure at home

TINZ is advocating for changes to The United Nations Convention against Corruption review process to make them more transparent and inclusive.

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Local is real. Small nation integrity assessments

Applying the National Integrity System Assessment model to small Pacific Island nations. The challenges and possible approaches.

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Spotlight on Ruth Liloqula Pacific Transparency Leader

Happy birthday to Ruth Liloqula, Chief Executive of Transparency Solomon Islands and longtime anti-corruption champion in the Pacific.

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Youths for Integrity choose whistleblowing Vice Chancellor as “Pacific Integrity Champion 2021”

The whistleblowing Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University of the South Pacific, has a courageous story that seems like it came out of a popular Netflix thriller movie.

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World Whistleblowers Day – Where We Are at In the Pacific

On World Whistleblowers Day we have an opportunity to celebrate the people who have come forward to speak out against corruption and wrongdoing. In far too many places, urgent action to protect them is still needed.

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Civic Leaders for Clean Transactions Integrity Fiji becomes TI National Contact

Based on excellent work on the ground and help from NZ MFAT and TINZ Integrity, Fiji is now a Transparency International National Contact.

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Exploring the Tongan perspective on corruption, transparency & integrity - second session

The TINZ South Pacific Outreach Program held a series of Talanoa sessions aimed at exploring the Tongan perspective on corruption, transparency & integrity. The results are quite interesting. This is the second of three blog posts.

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