Accountability

type: Article
date: 9 Sep 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Governing with integrity: John Ryan on public sector challenges

The former Auditor-General says boards are accountable not only for performance but for maintaining the public’s trust.

Accountability
Public sector
Stakeholders

Directors in the firing line for environmental non-compliance

Dentons

type: Article
date: 19 Aug 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Directors in the firing line for environmental non-compliance

Directors have been found personally liable, alongside their companies, for breaching Resource Management Act enforcement orders.

Accountability
Director duties
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NZX Director Independence Review update: implications for directors

Quick takes

type: Article
date: 19 Dec 2024
read time: 1 min to read

NZX Director Independence Review update: implications for directors

Changes announced will enhance robustness of governance practices for New Zealand-listed issuers.

Accountability
Compliance
NZX

Breaches of AML/CFT laws results in serious consequences

Dentons

type: Article
date: 14 Nov 2024
read time: 4 min to read

Breaches of AML/CFT laws results in serious consequences

AML settlements should prompt directors to consider whether their systems and processes are up to date or require review.

Accountability
From our sponsors

type: Article
date: 17 May 2024
read time: 3 min to read

Revealed: the huge cost of New Zealand’s workplace bullying and harassment

The cost of bullying and harassment to NZ employers is around $1.5 billion a year according to a damning new report.

Accountability

type: Article
date: 18 Mar 2024
read time: 3 min to read

Worker exploitation: Ignorance is no longer a defence

Modern slavery is out in the open and benefits businesses says Tania Donaldson, Manager of Employment System Guidance & Engagement (MBIE).

Accountability
Liability
Supply chains

Dentons

type: Article
date: 5 Mar 2024
read time: 4 min to read

The chatbot that got an airline sued

Businesses should make sure the answers given by their chatbots accurately reflect their policies and offerings.

Accountability
Digital transformation
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IMHO: How to govern health, safety and wellbeing through the balance sheet?

OPINION

type: Article
date: 11 May 2023
read time: 3 min to read

IMHO: How to govern health, safety and wellbeing through the balance sheet?

Chris Alderson CMInstD is researching directors’ views on measuring an organisation’s Health and Safety capacity.

Accountability
Health and safety

CPD

2 hours • Online

Health and Safety Governance

Understand your legal obligations as a director under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Accountability
Compliance
Director duties

Panel Discussion • 2 CPD

Director capability in 2025: Appointments, accountability and alignment

time: 5:15pm—7pm
date: 29 Sep 2025
location: Dunedin

Presentation • 2 CPD

Conflicts of interest and directors’ duties

time: 12pm—2pm
date: 8 Oct 2025
location: Blenheim

Accountability

Governing with integrity: John Ryan on public sector challenges

Directors in the firing line for environmental non-compliance

NZX Director Independence Review update: implications for directors

Breaches of AML/CFT laws results in serious consequences

Revealed: the huge cost of New Zealand’s workplace bullying and harassment

Worker exploitation: Ignorance is no longer a defence

The chatbot that got an airline sued

IMHO: How to govern health, safety and wellbeing through the balance sheet?

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Director capability in 2025: Appointments, accountability and alignment

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