Business of Government: The two-headed beast, mega-merger, corruption and watching the watchers

Business of Government: The two-headed beast, mega-merger, corruption and watching the watchers
Local Government NZ president Sam Broughton was subjected to a mass broadside from ministers, while SFO director Karen Chang contemplates corruption. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Ian Llewellyn
When NGOs fightNew Zealand’s reputation for having one of the least corrupt public services and political environments in the world has long been based on the findings of the regular surveys carried out by the global organisation Transparency International.This country consistently ranks among the top three or four for perceived corruption.“Perceived” is the operative word. TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index has never been purported to be more than a measure of how the people in one country feel about the government offic...

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