New Zealand public service

Following Gordon de Brouwer’s visit to NZ earlier this week, a DPM&C spokesperson tells The Mandarin the government is hoping to learn from other jurisdictions’ public sector reform. 

Effective management of New Zealand’s public sector relies on a mixed model that recognises the need for autonomy in decision-making as well as alignment across the public sector, according to the authors of a new essay on the efficient and effective operation of government. Peter Hughes, the public service commissioner in New Zealand, and associate […]

Only one-quarter of public servants in New Zealand will be eligible for modest pay increases over the next three years, says Chris Hipkins.

All NZ public sector agencies will need to measure and publicly report on their emissions, and offset any emissions they can’t cut within five years.

Chief executives in the New Zealand Public Service have volunteered to slash their pay by 20% over the next six months in response to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Wednesday.

Almost half of the New Zealand Public Service has signed up to a flexible work program designed to reduce the gender pay gap, while flexible work is on the rise in the Australian Public Service. The pilot scheme was announced by Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter in December, and is currently being trialled by […]

The New Zealand public service will soon be equipped to better address the biggest challenges facing governments and the people it serves, according to State Services Minister Chris Hipkins. The outdated State Sector Act 1988 will be scrapped and replaced with a new Public Service Act, which will signal the “most significant change in the public service in 30 years”, Hipkins said, after a bill was brought to NZ Parliament on Monday.