27 Sep: 15:53 | The Chatham Islands’ plan to have more efficient and accessible air services for the local community and tourists in our most remote region has been given a boost with a $98,000 investment from the Provincial Growth Fund.
27 Sep - 15:12 | Greymouth Petroleum, the second-largest New Zealand-based oil and gas producer, has started court action challenging the government’s plan to ban the offering of new offshore exploration permits
27 SEP: 14:27 | Cavalier Corp is close to selling its stake in New Zealand’s only wool scourer as part of a plan to reduce debt and free up capital to invest in carpet manufacturing
Wintec design graduates Etana Zaguri and Jazmyne Powell were awarded silver in the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards 2018 for their packaging designs.
27 Sep:11:24 | Alliance Group Limited appeared in the Timaru District Court yesterday after an incident where an inexperienced worker’s hand was amputated in a piece of machinery in March 2017.
27 Sep:10:41 | The head of New Zealand’s statistics agency is determined to realise the agency’s vision to unleash the power of data to change lives as she embarks on her second term at the helm.
Air New Zealand is kicking off the design process for a new uniform for cabin crew and airport staff.
A University of Canterbury (UC) law professor warns that New Zealand’s limited enforcement of a global Anti-Bribery convention may leave us open to organised crime and corruption.
UC Law Professor John Hopkins warns that if New Zealand’s limited enforcement of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Anti-Bribery convention continues, we may find ourselves targeted by organised crime and corruption.
In the new Transparency International report ‘Exporting corruption’, New Zealand was identified as one of 33 exporters (totalling 52% of world exports) that have limited to no enforcement against foreign bribery.
Professor Hopkins, a director of Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) and one of the report’s authors, found that while New Zealand had a deserved reputation for integrity, there is much work still to do.
“We are still one of the countries that turns a blind eye to bribery when it occurs overseas.”
One example of this is that the law here continues to allow ‘facilitation payments’ – a practice which “undermines good practice and our good name”.
He encourages the government to tighten the law and better resource enforcement agencies to ensure overseas criminals cannot abuse New Zealand’s reputation.
“Although domestic corruption in New Zealand appears low, we really need to up our game in the way we respond to the threat of international corruption,” Professor Hopkins says.
“New Zealand is widely regarded as one of the least corrupt countries but we need to make sure our international approach lines up with that.”
Transparency International is the global civil society organisation against corruption. It is a non-political, non-partisan and not-for-profit incorporated society with charitable status.
Air New Zealand confirms its first A321neo (new engine option) aircraft will enter commercial service in mid-November, with flights operated by the new aircraft available for purchase from yesterday.
Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr: