Past Events Directory : Institute of Public Administration New Zealand

Free and frank advice in an open government

Andrew Kibblewhite (Chief Executive DPMC and Head of the Policy Profession), Judge Peter Boshier (Chief Ombudsman) and Hannah Cameron (Deputy Commissioner, Strategy and Policy, State Services Commission) spoke about managing the provision of free and frank advice and timely access to information in an open government environment

03 Oct 2018
Leadership
Policy Advice
Wellington

Ministers, Minders and Mandarins

Public service neutrality in Wellington has been researched for over 15 years by Dr Chris Eichbaum of Victoria University of Wellington's School of Government and Massey University Professor of Politics Richard Shaw.At this event they launched their latest book: Ministers, Minders and Mandarins: An International Study of Relationships at the Executive Summit of Parliamentary Democracies.

27 Sep 2018
Public Service
Wellington

Embracing Complexity

Inspiring Communities developed this practical seminar to explore how we can apply a community-led theory of change to the public policy process.

21 Sep 2018
Collaboration
Wellington

State Sector Act Reform panel discussion

The Minister of State Services, Hon Chris Hipkins, has signalled that he is looking to reform the State Sector Act 1988. IPANZ presented a panel to discuss directions and options for the reform of the Act and the opportunities and challenges they could create.

07 Sep 2018
Public Service
Wellington

State Sector Act 1988 - Options to Reform, with Hon Chris Hipkins

State Services Minister Chris Hipkins launched a public engagement containing options to reform the State Sector Act 1988.

04 Sep 2018
Public Service
Wellington

Panel Discussion: From the Beehive

The third Deloitte IPANZ New Professionals series of Leadership Panels was ‘From the Beehive’. It was an opportunity to hear from people who have worked, or worked with those, in the Beehive.

03 Sep 2018
Leadership
New Professionals
Public Servant
Wellington

Axford Fellowships in Public Policy

Two Axford Fellows from the United States, Mike Wolking and Jeff Mosley, gave presentations on their New Zealand research on education and housing.

23 Aug 2018
Collaboration
Education
Wellington

CERT NZ: Get Cyber Smart

Katrina Norman, Senior Stakeholder and Engagement Advisor at CERT NZ - a national government cyber security unit launched in April 2017 - shared some insights about what CERT NZ has seen so far in the threat landscape of New Zealand and how you can manage your own cyber security.

16 Aug 2018
Information Technology
Innovation
Wellington

Driving Innovation: The Role of People Management

Professor Ian Williamson, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Business School at Victoria University, discussed ways that government leaders can successful develop and implement an innovation agenda that allows their organisations to not only survive but thrive.

02 Aug 2018
Innovation
Wellington

Rediscovering Westminster in 2020

After a long and distinguished public service career both here and abroad, former IPANZ President Len Cook gave his thoughts on the future of the public service.

19 Jul 2018
Leadership
Public Servant
Wellington

Leading and developing public sector social innovation

The Southern Initiative (TSI) and the Auckland Co-design Lab (the Lab) is a unique New Zealand public service innovation team working across central and local government and alongside communities.This seminar looked at how innovation and implementation co-exist through this platform to achieve transformational change.

24 May 2018
Auckland
Collaboration
Innovation
Leadership

Panel Discussion: The Path Less Taken

For this second of the Deloitte IPANZ New Professionals Leadership in the Public Sector event series, we heard about the “Path Less Taken” from public sector leaders who have taken the less traditional paths to a public sector career. The panelists were Malcolm Millar, Executive Director, G2G Know-how, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise; Fleur Francois, Director, Measurement Standards Laboratory; and Jim Watson, Prison Director – Waikeria, Department of Corrections.

26 Apr 2018
Leadership
New Professionals
Public Servant
Wellington

Local Government Funding - future directions?

David Shand, a member of the Royal Commission on Auckland governance, discussed the issues of local government funding and whether it's time for change.

18 Apr 2018
Auckland
Auckland
Local Government

Hon Grant Robertson delivers IPANZ Annual Address

Hon Grant Robertson, Finance Minister, gave the IPANZ Annual Address to an audience of 350 at the Beehive banquet hall on 15 February. Read his speech.

16 Feb 2018
Collaboration
Public Servant
Wellington

Systems Thinking in Auckland

This seminar explored what it would take to work as a system in Auckland, the benefits, barriers and challenges to this, and how to work together better.

28 Nov 2017
Auckland

Te Urewera - Department of Conservation Tuhoe Partnership

Working collaboratively, DOC and Tuhoe implemented ground-breaking new Treaty Settlement legislation, which granted the former national park Te Urewera legal personhood. Kirsti Luke, Tuhoe Te Uru Taumatua Chief Executive and DOC Deputy Director General Mervyn English, spoke about how they committed to working together.

21 Nov 2017
Collaboration
Excellence Awards
Wellington

Redefining Radio, RNZ

Digital disruption in the media sector prompted Radio New Zealand (RNZ) to transform itself into a modern, innovative and successful multi-media organisation.

16 Nov 2017
Excellence Awards
Innovation
Wellington

Clodagh Jolly, Treasury's Blind Recruitment

To increase the diversity of its workforce, Treasury reformed its graduate and intern recruitment process. Clodagh Jolly, Principal Advisor, Organisational Development at the Treasury provided an insight into its Blind Recruitment programme.

02 Nov 2017
Excellence Awards
Innovation
Wellington

Diane Maxwell, Commission for Financial Capability

Diane Maxwell the Retirement Commissioner spoke about the Commission's communications activity to significantly grow visitors to its website and generate a national conversation about retirement planning.