New Zealand is held in high regard for the standards of honesty, openness, transparency and integrity in the public sector, but our reputation depends upon our ability to build and maintain a culture that promotes speaki…

Guidance for Statutory Crown Entities - Resource for Preparation of Governance Manuals

Effective Crown entity governance requires board members to have a good understanding of the legislative environment in which they must operate.

State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes has today published the report of the investigation into the treatment of Public Servants within the Ministry of Transport who…

Conduct expectations for the Public ServiceStatement from State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes

I need to be clear that while the Ombudsman identified issues with fairness and…

State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes has today announced that the State Services Commission is taking over responsibility for investigating the treatment of Public Servants within the Ministry of Transport who raised…

Guidance: Understanding the code of conduct

We must treat everyone fairly and with respectTreating people fairly means that we do not show any favouritism, bias or self-interest in our work.

Issued by the Public Service Commissioner under section 17(3) of the Public Service Act 2020.

Public Finance Act 1989 Schedule 4A companies are an important part of the public sector and must have the trust and confiden…

Issued by the Public Service Commissioner under section 17(3) of the Public Service Act 2020 to apply to board members of statutory entities (excluding corporations sole) and Crown entity companies (excluding Crown Resea…

Review of the Performance of the Defence Force in Relation to Expected Standards of Behaviour, and in Particular the Leaking and Inappropriate Use of Information by Defence Force Personnel

55 We now turn to consider how the standards which we have identified in the preceding section of our report have been applied in practice…