The Office of the Controller and Auditor-General has just released an integrity framework for the public sector aimed at supporting senior leaders and those in governance roles to deliver on their stewardship responsibility to support the integrity of New Zealand’s public sector.
Category: governance and democracy
Lifting Māori representation in the 2022 Local Elections
With many councils establishing Māori wards last year, Taurikura NZ and Waikato-Tainui have collaborated to develop Maangai Taunaki, a series of waananga to support candidates, campaign supporters and community champions. This information will be of interest to those thinking about standing as a candidate in the 2022 Local Elections.
Taituarā Future for Local Government review feedback
We would like to update you on the work Taituarā has been doing to help prepare our sector for the Future for Local Government review programme. This includes feedback from our workshops earlier this year, plus the latest from our Democracy and Participation Reference Group (DPRG) hui.
Highlights from our Future for Local Government roadshow
We’ve now completed our first series of online engagement focused on reimagining the future of local governance. Thanks so much to all who have participated. We would like to share the Roadshow’s introductory video ‘Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga ka ngaro te iwi’ (without foresight or vision the people will be lost), a brief initial summary of what we heard from participants, and some key files that were shared prior to the sessions.
Taituarā Great CD Competition winners announced
Fifty-six councils have entered this year’s Taituarā Great CD Competition. The quality of this year’s entries is very high, but our judges have now selected both a winning and a highly commended council. We hope all councils will be able to learn from these winning entries as well as the other finalists’ Consultation Documents which will shortly be available on our LGSectorGoodToolkit.
Bill aims to increase transparency within local government
rest is currently open for public consultation. The Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Bill aims to apply similar levels of transparency to local government elected officials as is already required of Members of Parliament.
Top 10 selected in Taituarā Great Consultation Documents Competition
Ten Long-term Plan consultation documents have been selected as finalists from amongst a record 56 entries in the 2021 Taituarā Great Consultation Documents (CD) Competition. Congratulations to all submitters – we’ve been overwhelmed by the overall high quality of the Plans shared this year.
Consultation on Māori Electoral Option
Taituarā recently made a submission aimed at improving the democratic options of enrolled voters of Māori descent.
New Governance resources – here’s what you need to know
Taituarā best-practice governance resources and advice provides councils with guidance in areas around legislative obligations, LGOIMA expectations and changes to the Privacy Act. A new governance section in the Taituarā LGSectorGoodToolkit outlines some of the changes that have taken place in these areas this year.
Updates to legal compliance resources – what you need to know
Taituarā’s best-practice resources and advice provide councils with guidance in areas around legislation obligations. Our SectorGoodToolkit® has been updated to reflect these recent changes to the Privacy Act and case law updates for the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.