Transparency is a vital element of maintaining ministerial accountability and integrity. A flourishing democracy is where those in power can be held to account – through parliamentary integrity systems, by media scrutiny, by civil society, and at the voting booth. We encourage Parliamentarians to take this to heart.
Find out MoreIn February TINZ hosted an online Public Sector Leaders Integrity forum with guest speaker A J Brown discussing the Corruption Perceptions Index and his observations about New Zealand’s performance.
Find out MoreNew Zealand is now ranked third in the international corruption perceptions ranking prepared annually by Transparency International.
Find out MoreChief 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.
Find out MoreThe Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is working to counter fraud and corruption through the recently established Counter Fraud Centre - Tauārai Hara Tāware, the development of a National Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy (NCFCS) in its role as the lead agency for investigating and prosecuting fraud and corruption.
Find out MoreThe distraction around policy costing rather than focusing on the merits of the policies themselves highlights the need for a Parliamentary Budget Office
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