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The Dilemmas of Regulating the Internet

In this lunchtime event Dr Peter Thompson, Associate Professor in the Media and Communication Programme at Victoria University of Wellington, and Jared Mullen, Director Digital Safety, Te Tari Taiwhenua - Department of Internal Affairs shared their views on the complexities of regulating the internet and what the public service is doing in this area.

  • 25 Feb 2021
  • 2021
  • Public Service
  • Social Media
  • Technology
  • Wellington

2021 IPANZ Annual Address with Hon Grant Robertson

The Minister of Finance Hon Grant Robertson, delivered the 2021 IPANZ Annual Address at the Beehive Thursday 18 February, talking about the Government’s priorities for the year.

  • 23 Feb 2021
  • 2021
  • Budget
  • Public Service
  • Wellington

IPANZ End of Year Event

On Thursday 10 December 2020 IPANZ held its Annual End of Year Event. Our panelists Colin James, Tracy Watkins and Atawhai Tibble were tasked with looking ahead to 2021 and sharing their radical ideas for improving Public Sector performance.

  • 14 Dec 2020
  • 2020
  • Public Service
  • Wellington

Policy and Pizza

This hands-on workshop provided attendees the opportunity to apply two of the Policy Project tools and learn more about how to use them in their day-to-day work to build their skills and policy craft.

    This workshop was delivered by The Policy Project, in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

    • 07 Dec 2020
    • 2020
    • New Professionals
    • Policy Advice
    • Wellington

    New Professionals - Spotlight on the Cross-Agency COVID-19 Response

    The IPANZ New Professionals and Deloitte hosted the Spotlight on Cross-agency/Sector COVID-19 Response event, which highlighted some of the great public sector success stories of collaboration, impact and overcoming of systemic barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • 03 Dec 2020
    • 2020
    • Collaboration
    • New Professionals
    • Wellington

    New Professionals - Young Leaders in Local Government

    On 18 November 2020, IPANZ hosted Young Leaders in Local Government event at Russell McVeagh. Our panel, comprised of Mayor Campbell Barry, Councillor Sophie Hanford and Councillor Josh Trlin, discussed a range of topical issues, as well as provided insights into their own experiences and motivations for campaigning for office.

    • 18 Nov 2020
    • 2020
    • Democracy
    • Leadership
    • Local Government
    • New Professionals
    • Wellington

    Cyber Security - Is the Risk Increasing? What Can We Do?

    You will have regularly read in the media about cyber security threats, and indeed threats that cause significant problems, as in the recent attacks which closed down the New Zealand Stock Exchange. We have also heard how Cyber security problems are becoming more and more common over time. The global disruption through COVID has changed the landscape too, with all of us spending more time online.

    • 16 Nov 2020
    • 2020
    • Big Data
    • Information Technology
    • Privacy
    • Public Service
    • Wellington

    New Professionals Auckland Webinar - Public Sector Agility

    Our Auckland New Professionals hosted a webinar on Agility in the Public Sector, with Hannah Cameron from The Public Service Commission, Jane Fitzgerald from Deloitte and Michael Quinn from MBIE.
    The panelists shared their views on what public sector agility means, what it might look like and how the new Public Service Act enables a more adaptive, agile and collaborative public service.

    • 11 Nov 2020
    • 2020
    • Auckland
    • Innovation
    • New Professionals
    • Public Service Reform

    New Professionals - Meet the Chiefs Breakfast with Lil Anderson

    The New Professionals Leadership Team hosted Lil Anderson, Chief Executive of Te Arawhiti at the last Meet the Chiefs breakfast of 2020.

    • 11 Nov 2020
    • 2020
    • Leadership
    • Maori-Crown Relationships
    • New Professionals
    • Wellington

    Effective Engagement with Maori - Auckland

    It’s an important time for all of the public sector to be thinking about how we are engaging with Māori, and what meaningful and effective engagement looks like. The establishment of Te Arawhiti – The Office for Māori Crown Relations, reinforces the government’s commitment to building strong, ongoing and effective relationships with Māori across all of government.

    We held this two-day workshop for the first time in Auckland on the 2nd and 3rd of November. Interest outstripped places available, so we will be back in 2021.

    • 02 Nov 2020
    • 2020
    • Auckland
    • Auckland
    • Engagement
    • Maori-Crown Relationships
    • Public Servant

    Using Artificial Intelligence - Understanding and Applying

    IPANZ facilitated a fascinating discussion on the application of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector. Speakers from Local and Central Government provided insights about the uses and risks for the Public Sector.

    • 22 Oct 2020
    • 2020
    • Artifical Intelligence
    • Innovation
    • Trust & Confidence
    • Wellington

    New Professionals Social Event

    The New Professionals Leadership Team in Wellington hosted a Mix and Mingle event at Bethels Woods, in the glorious Wellington sunshine. The event was a great opportunity to meet other new professionals around Wellington and catch up in person. It was good to chat with everyone around how the return to the office, post lockdown, has been and to get advice and support.

    • 21 Oct 2020
    • 2020
    • New Professionals
    • Wellington

    Effective Engagement with Maori - October Workshop

    It’s an important time for all of the public sector to be thinking about how we are engaging with Māori, and what meaningful and effective engagement looks like. This two-day workshop helps public servants gain a greater understanding of Te Ao Māori (Māori world view), Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and provides practical tools and techniques for effectively engaging with Māori.

    • 21 Oct 2020
    • 2020
    • Engagement
    • Maori-Crown Relationships
    • Public Servant
    • Wellington

    Caring for Communities - An All of Government Response to COVID-19

    When COVID-19 hit New Zealand’s shores earlier this year, New Zealand moved swiftly to eliminate the pandemic and it’s potentially disastrous impacts on the country and its people. A part of the all of government response was a workstream called Caring for Communities. The aim of the work stream was to provide important information and effective support to all individuals, whānau and communities at greater risk of experiencing adverse health, social or economic outcomes as a result of COVID-19. In this session, our speakers will talk about how the response team worked through identifying the communities that needed help, what they understood the communities were experiencing during COVID-19 and what support was required, and how the nationwide response was mobilised.

    • 01 Oct 2020
    • 2020
    • Collaboration
    • Crisis Response
    • Engagement
    • Public Service
    • Wellington

    Securing the Wellbeing of Future Generations

    IPANZ and SOLGM hosted this webinar with Dr Jane Davidson (a former Minister for the Environment and Sustainability in Wales) and Jacob Ellis (from the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales). This inspiring conversation brought together the political and administrative perspectives of planning for future generations, enabling us to draw lessons for Aotearoa/New Zealand. It covers how the Wellbeing Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 was established, and progress in implementing its aspirations. These are critical issues for public sector professionals in local and central government, in our shared worlds where embedding effective, systemic, long-term thinking and action is of utmost importance. For IPANZ members, the principle of stewardship in our new Public Service Act and our wellbeing framework, makes this even more important.

    • 29 Sep 2020
    • 2020
    • Futures Planning
    • Stewardship
    • Wellington

    Public Sector Reputation 2020 - WEBINAR

    IPANZ and Deloitte hosted a webinar examining the factors that shape public perception of the reputation of Public Sector agencies, which reached record highs as the COVID-19 crisis struck earlier this year. Presenters Edward Langley, Research Director from Colmar Brunton and Rhys Jones, Chief Executive of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) discussed the results from the 2020 Public Sector Reputation Index study and how the public are responding to Public Sector messaging in the post-lockdown environment.

    • 23 Sep 2020
    • 2020
    • Crisis Response
    • Integrity
    • Reputation
    • Trust & Confidence
    • Wellington

    Leadership Through Crisis

    The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into a prolonged crisis, with people turning to their leaders to guide them through it—but what does effective leadership look like? A panel of experts, including Dr Ashley Bloomfield, explored this question in a unique webinar,

    The webinar, hosted by the Wellington School of Business and Government and the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ), featured a panel of experts sharing their experiences of leading through crisis and what they believe effective leadership looks like.

    • 18 Sep 2020
    • 2020
    • Crisis Response
    • Public Service
    • Wellbeing
    • Wellington

    Building Effective Engagement Through Social Media

    With over 1.7 million followers across their social media platforms - NZ Police have arguably the largest social media presence of all New Zealand’s Public Sector agencies. In this session, Jess Bovey, Senior Social Media Advisor, and Paul Halford, Marketing and Brand Manager shared some of their strategies for success and the ways they manage the risks posed in the complex social media environment.

    • 26 Aug 2020
    • 2020
    • Engagement
    • Public Service
    • Social Media
    • Wellington

    New Professionals - Building a Resilient Career

    Deloitte hosted this IPANZ New Professionals Event - Building a Resilient Career. The event had attendees hear from four panellists, each delivering some interesting, exciting and funny insights into how their careers have been shaped by setbacks, and how we can equip ourselves with the skills and characteristics to overcome adversity.

    • 05 Aug 2020
    • 2020
    • New Professionals
    • Wellington

    New Professionals Webinar - Privacy and Contact Tracing

    With the advent of COVID-19, governments and private organisations have created contact tracing technologies to protect citizens. Such technology comes in many shapes and forms, brings risk along with them. How we build trust in these apps and the security behind them is a crucial part of their effectiveness.

    • 29 Jul 2020
    • 2020
    • Crisis Response
    • Information Technology
    • Privacy
    • Wellington

    IPANZ AGM with Guest Speaker Dr Bryce Edwards

    IPANZ held its 84th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 28th July 2020. Guest speaker Dr Bryce Edwards delivered a session titled The State of Democracy in New Zealand. You can read his slides attached.

    • 28 Jul 2020
    • 2020
    • Democracy
    • Public Servant
    • Wellington

    New Professionals Meet the Chiefs Breakfast with Andrew Crisp

    The New Professionals leadership team, hosted the first of the Meet the Chiefs sessions for 2020 with Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Chief Executive, Andrew Crisp.

    • 22 Jul 2020
    • 2020
    • Leadership
    • New Professionals
    • Wellington

    Effective Engagement with Maori - July Workshop

    It’s an important time for all of the public sector to be thinking about how we are engaging with Māori, and what meaningful and effective engagement looks like. The establishment of Te Arawhiti – The Office for Māori Crown Relations, reinforces the government’s commitment to building strong, ongoing and effective relationships with Māori across all of government. This two-day workshop helps public servants gain a greater understanding of Te Ao Māori (Māori world view), Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and provides practical tools and techniques for effectively engaging with Māori.

    • 22 Jul 2020
    • 2020
    • Maori-Crown Relationships
    • Public Servant
    • Public Service
    • Wellington

    NZ GovTech Accelerator - Innovation in the Public Sector

    The NZ GovTech Accelerator is a government innovation programme that creates valuable projects in three months; reducing costs and de-risking innovation in the public sector. This session provided an overview of the GovTech Accelerator programme and how it is helping government departments/agencies drive better outcomes for citizens, through the delivery of better services. It included a case study of recent GovTech Alum, Spring, an incredibly successful project which came from the Ministry of Social Development.

    • 07 Jul 2020
    • 2020
    • Information Technology
    • Innovation
    • Public Service
    • Wellington

    The Forces Shaping Public Service Cuture

    Whatever agency you look at, in the private, public and NGO sectors you will know that the internal culture is strongly shaped by the vision, the values, purpose and operating environment of each one. The context, the environment, in which they exist powerfully influences their culture. In this session we had Nicole Rosie, Chief Executive of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Dr Kathie Irwin who is currently on Secondment to the Office of the Children's Commissioner as the Chief Advisor Māori, explore the context and drivers which shape Public Service agency culture.

    • 03 Jul 2020
    • 2020
    • Public Servant
    • Public Service
    • Wellington