New Zealand drops down World corruption free index

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1. ICD 1

   28 January 2016 at 8:31 am

   Wow, 4th out of 167. That sure is bad news, if you want it to be. That kind of ranking usually gets celebrated, but hey, since it’s JK, it’s his fault.

   Have you considered that, maybe, those northern countries simple upped the ante a little at the same time?

   Still, least corrupt in our neck of the woods, so what exactly is the problem? Being negative for the sake of being negative isn’t a good thing.
   • esoteric pineapples 1.1

     28 January 2016 at 8:36 am

     Hey look, it’s only a little bit of cancer. There’s lots of other people with much more cancer than me so what’s the big deal?
     • Pat 1.1.1

       28 January 2016 at 9:47 pm

       nice analogy….+1
   • mickysavage 1.2

     28 January 2016 at 8:38 am

     Nope the report states that it was the decline in our score that caused the change. I thought the right would be more ambitious than this?

     Besides the solution is simple, improve the flow of information by removing the political roadblocks that are currently in place.
     • fisiani 1.2.1

       28 January 2016 at 11:17 am

       A drop from 91 to 88 is hardly bad news in a survey about perceptions. Not about reality. This is just another lame excuse to try to attack National.
       • Muttonbird 1.2.1.1

         28 January 2016 at 11:22 am

         …a survey about perceptions. Not about reality.

         Indeed. The reality is even worse.
         • Macro 1.2.1.1.1

           28 January 2016 at 6:27 pm

           ^ This
           • In Vino 1.2.1.1.1.1

             28 January 2016 at 8:48 pm

             Some people say that perception is reality for many…

             Fisiani – even if you think perception is unimportant, what do you think caused our perceived purity to be so suddenly contaminated?

             And why do you think that contamination to be harmless?

             I think it is like the beginning of brown rot in a peach. Tomorrow the entire peach will be gone.

             Never mind, Fisiani – you can stick to last year’s dried prunes.
             • Muttonbird …

               28 January 2016 at 9:42 pm

               I expect that for fisiani and the like, the drop in fairness and transparency indicated by this survey is a necessary and acceptable consequence of pushing though undemocratic, unpopular, and antisocial policy.
2. You_Fool 2

   28 January 2016 at 8:34 am

   Shouldn’t the “No Surprises” policy just mean that the info being requested is sent to the minister involved as well as the requester? I don’t see why lawful request for data should require an approval by the minister, maybe approval from a supreme court judge but not the minister.
3. reason 3

   28 January 2016 at 10:29 am

   World education rankings —– going backwards and dropping from 7th to 23rd under the nats

   Fresh water quality —— going backwards and dropping under the nats, the majority are now polluted.

   Home ownership and home affordability ——– going backwards and dropping under the nats.

   Our bent key is opening all the wrong doors …………………
   • greywarshark 3.1

     30 January 2016 at 9:50 am

     reason
     Good play on word!
4. Incognito 4

   28 January 2016 at 12:04 pm

   Coming fourth in the 2015 RWC out of 96 qualifying nations was a great effort by Argentina. It would have been a disastrous result for John Key if the ABs had come fourth and that knighthood may not have eventuated either.
5. Penny Bright 5

   28 January 2016 at 12:23 pm

   Since John Key has been Prime Minister, New Zealand has dropped from ‘the least corrupt country’ in the world, according to Transparency International’s ‘Corruption Perception Index’ to FOURTH

   FACT.

   http://www.3news.co.nz/politics/nz-drops-in-corruption-perception-index-2016012717#axzz3yUKhkKwI

   NZ drops in corruption perception index
   Wednesday 27 Jan 2016 5:20 p.m.

   By Simon Wong

   New Zealand has slipped two places in the latest global rankings of perceived public service corruption, a new report shows.

   The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 has New Zealand fourth in the rankings of 168 countries.

   Last year it was second only to Denmark and in the years since John Key took over as Prime Minister, New Zealand had been either first or first equal.

   It is the country’s lowest ranking since 1998. It now sits below Denmark, Finland and Sweden who make up the top three.

   The Public Service Association is worried about the slip and has urged the Government to take the report seriously.

   “While our members work extremely hard to maintain an open and impartial public service, the Government’s been complacent about New Zealand’s reputation,” says PSA National Secretary Glenn Barclay.

   Mr Barclay says the gradual slide isn’t surprising given a “growing lack of transparency”.

   He pointed to recent examples including journalists and members of the public being charged for Official Information Act requests and also facing sometimes lengthy delays.

   The secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the process around the Auckland Convention Centre and Serco’s handling of Mt Eden Prison have also damaged New Zealand’s reputation.

   ……

   ___________

   Penny Bright
   2016 Auckland Mayoral candidate.
6. Mosa 6

   28 January 2016 at 2:06 pm

   Any drop at all is unacceptable
   No excuses cut it
   The amount of times the National party in opposition threw the word about when it suited them different now they are in authority
   In a un biased country this would make the front page in all media outlets not buried out of sight
   Democracy yeah right
7. Scott M 7

   28 January 2016 at 7:57 pm

   We have bigger problems than information release under the OIA.

   Local Government in this country is completely corrupt. On a daily basis those who are wealthy or consider themselves important manipulate decision making through lobbying/deal making. There needs to be a complete disconnect between politicians who should set the policy settings and the bureaucrats who should be given the space to administer those regulations or laws.

   That simply doesnt happen in NZ.
   • Doogs 7.1

     29 January 2016 at 10:04 am

     Local government is a contradiction in terms Scott. They are the biggest obstacle to progress. Little tin gods sitting in comfortable offices, on comfortable salaries, interpreting the RMA to their advantage.

     Here’s me, trying to get consent to subdivide my property and all I get is more and more things I have to do and more and more expenses I have to incur. It went so far as to them asking me to design a concrete block wall to contain overland flow, only to find that, under some pressure from my engineer and surveyor, a small earth bund will suffice. So I spent $3000 on engineer’s fees to design something I didn’t need to have designed. I shall be asking for a reduction in my council fees to compensate. Wish me luck and don’t hold your breath.

     Council are always unclear, have a website that is so labyrinthine that you can’t find anything specific, charge like wounded bulls for bugger all. I remember paying some unearthly amount to them for a previous home extension to have some flunky bring his clipboard, grunt a few things to my builder and go. He did that twice – for thousands of dollars.

     If you are looking for corruption, or at the very least obfuscation and planned unhelpfulness, then look no further than local authorities.

     This is in Auckland, where we need expansion and intensification to alleviate the housing problems.
     • Scott M 7.1.1

       29 January 2016 at 5:55 pm

       Doogs

       I think we are talking at different levels. I am sure there will always be improvements that can be made in the way Council is run.

       What I am talking about is regional growth where land owners hold inappropriate sway over Council officers and get their land zoned knowing full well the costs of that zoning will be passed onto ratepayers.

       Classic case of privatise the gains, socialise the losses.
   • greywarshark 7.2

     30 January 2016 at 10:00 am

     ScottM
     Don’t try to deflect critical attention from our central government to local government.
     They are trying to keep the country running in the absence of a thoughtful, intelligent, people-oriented bunch at the top. And the virus of special groups getting pre-eminent treatment which ails central infects local as well. Such as when they joined in an agreement to co-operate that would advance irrigation in southern NZ – about sixteen joined up to advance that.

     Who controls the bureaucrats then? You seem to be putting down the pollies and raising the bcs up to pure status, efficiency will prevail and result in cost-effective, corruption-free utopia. Well maybe not utopia, a few things will go wrong, every now and then, and we can trust them more than pollies. Remember the cynical USA motto ‘In God we trust all else must pay cash’.
8. Gristle 8

   28 January 2016 at 9:33 pm

   I am surprised NZ dropped only to fourth and is not lower.

   Corruption is Murray McCully et al trying to buy the support of someone to get a Suadi trade deal done. Regardless of whether there was a viable legal claim or not, confusing a legal claim against the National Party with trying to sign a trade deal is encouraging corruption in other countries. When a government thinks that this is the right way to business with others I can only assume that they also think that this is the right way for others to do business with them.
9. greywarshark 9

   30 January 2016 at 10:15 am

   Our ranking has been higher than what reflects reality for years. We have been papering over the cracks for a long time – that is now the agreed path (a greed!) that is the New Zealand Way. But eventually some hapless person affected by the naive response to the Emperor having no clothes, actually squawks in surprise.
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