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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

New Professionals Social Event

This year the IPANZ New Professionals Committee in Wellington kicked off their activities for the year with at Munchen Bar, Queen's Wharf.

  • 12 Mar 2020
  • New Professionals
  • Wellington

Understanding Intelligence - Auckland

Rebecca Kitteridge was in Auckland this week to share with IPANZ members the activities of Intelligence and Security agencies in New Zealand. It was a great turnout, and interesting insights into the complexities of security and intelligence, and the role that we all play in keeping NZ safe.

  • 03 Mar 2020
  • Auckland
  • Auckland
  • Public Service

Creating an Inclusive Culture in the New Zealand Workplace

Diverse and inclusive workplaces benefit everyone but it can be a challenge to develop them. At a special event held with Victoria University of Wellington School of Business, an expert panel discussed the challenges for New Zealand organisations in creating diverse and inclusive workplaces as well as the immense opportunities that exist.

  • 28 Feb 2020
  • Leadership
  • Public Service
  • Wellington

Parliament in Practice

Parliament in Practice offers attendees the unique opportunity to learn about the operations of Parliament, from those working within Parliament's walls. The seminar provides an introductory overview of the roles and functions of Parliament and explores the legislative, select committee and cabinet processes. It also considers strategies for working effectively with Ministers.

  • 26 Feb 2020
  • Parliament
  • Public Service
  • Wellington

Bullying in the Public Service

Our expert panel of Steph Dyhrberg, Nicholas Pole and Debbie Francis provided a very lively and insightful discussion on bullying in the workplace and across our society.
We heard from the panel that bullying is endemic in our schools (New Zealand has the highest rate of school bullying in the OECD!). This flows through to bullying being a serious problem in our workplaces too. And while many executive teams feel that they have “nailed it,” staff generally disagree.

  • 25 Feb 2020
  • Leadership
  • Public Service
  • Wellington