Boardroom magazine - Summer 2021-2022

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Breaking barriers

Breaking barriers

Mele Wendt MInstD speaks about her accidental path into governance, mentorship, and what it’s like to be the only brown woman in the room.

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A glass half full

A glass half full

Sustainability policies can provide opportunities as well as mitigate risks.

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The top five issues for directors in 2022

The top five issues for directors in 2022

Active regulators, ethics, global travel and supply chains, the talent shortage and climate – again.

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Could Fonterra’s business model solve the housing crisis?

Could Fonterra’s business model solve the housing crisis?

Cooperative housing could be a big part of the solution to our affordable housing problem.

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Tax governance

Tax governance

Inland Revenue’s focus on tax governance puts the spotlight on tax strategy and assurance, and puts boards on notice.

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Healthy work and society

Healthy work and society

The concept of healthy societies can help boards manage people risk in their organisations.

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Where is your auditor?

Where is your auditor?

A shortage of auditors is threatening the ability of companies to meet their statutory reporting obligations.

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Open for business

Open for business

What can the UK’s experience of living with covid-19 tell us about New Zealand in 2022?

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Balanced vaccination policies

Balanced vaccination policies

Jeremy Sole MInstD explains how Etco - the Electrical Training Company arrived at its vaccination policies

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Vaccination – a passport to normality?

Vaccination – a passport to normality?

New Zealand’s vaccination regime is not going to get business back to usual, says immunologist Professor Graham Le Gros.

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The test of pandemic preparedness

The test of pandemic preparedness

Without global change, the experience of the past 18 months is likely to be repeated.

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Two heads, one body

Two heads, one body

Te Papa’s board has implemented a new strategy and a cooperative leadership model to change the organisation's culture.

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Global talent pool

Global talent pool

Google New Zealand Country Director Caroline Rainsford muses on the opportunities – and risks – to the tech sector of borders reopening.

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From Amazon to Tauranga

Agility, trust and a commitment to the vision are key requirements of a start-up board, just as they are of a global corporation.

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Enabling directors

Enabling directors

The Companies (Directors Duties) Amendment Bill makes it clear that companies are able to act as responsible corporate citizens.

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Accountable human rights

Accountable human rights

Courts in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have sent shockwaves across the business world.

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The bonfire of the currencies

The bonfire of the currencies

Two recent books by renowned economists have set the stage for today’s great debate over the future of money in a digital age.

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Interesting times

Interesting times

Dame Patsy Reddy on being Governor-General through the Kaikoura earthquake, the Christchurch Mosque shootings and the Whakaari eruption.

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A coffee with… Sam Johnson MInstD

A coffee with… Sam Johnson MInstD

Solving problems is the motivation for this young director, award winner and Student Volunteer Army general.

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The G20’s historic opportunity

The G20’s historic opportunity

Governments must abandon the toxic nationalism that has so far stood in the way of a sufficient global response to the pandemic.

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Where is your auditor?

Where is your auditor?

A shortage of auditors is threatening the ability of companies to meet their statutory reporting obligations.

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Healthy work and society

Healthy work and society

The concept of healthy societies can help boards manage people risk in their organisations.

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Tax governance

Tax governance

Inland Revenue’s focus on tax governance puts the spotlight on tax strategy and assurance, and puts boards on notice.

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Could Fonterra’s business model solve the housing crisis?

Could Fonterra’s business model solve the housing crisis?

Cooperative housing could be a big part of the solution to our affordable housing problem.

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The top five issues for directors in 2022

The top five issues for directors in 2022

Active regulators, ethics, global travel and supply chains, the talent shortage and climate – again.

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A glass half full

A glass half full

Sustainability policies can provide opportunities as well as mitigate risks.

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Breaking barriers

Breaking barriers

Mele Wendt MInstD speaks about her accidental path into governance, mentorship, and what it’s like to be the only brown woman in the room.

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