Check Progress

The page is a central resource to provide quick access to OGP events, reports and updates in chronological order.

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2024

17 December 2024

Ministry of Justice update on Commitment 7

December 2024

December 2024 OGP Progress Report

27 August 2024

Report on the progress of the Fourth National Action Plan commitments

2023

5 December 2023

OGP event to report back on the first 12 months’ progress of the Fourth National Action Plan commitments

30 June 2023

OGP event held to report on the progress of the eight commitments of the Fourth National Action Plan after the first six months

2022

24 November 2022

National Action Plan 4 consultation coming soon

12 August 2022

Meeting with Expert Advisory Panel, Civil society organisations and government officials

29 July 2022

Latest trust and confidence results

4 July 2022

Long-term Insights Briefing, whistleblowing & Speaking Up standards

23 June 2022

Summary of National Action Plan workshops

27 May 2022

Read the latest OGP update from 17 May 2022

27 April 2022. OGPNZ Update

4th National Action Plan & Open Gov Week

30 March 2022 - OGPNZ Update

New Zealand’s 2018-2021 Transitional Results Report, and progress on the fourth National Action Plan.

21 February 2022 - OGPNZ Update

Have your say: Transitional Results Report 

2021

1 December 2021 - Final self-assessment for New Zealand's Third National Action Plan published

Following public consultation on the draft self-assessment for New Zealand's Third National Action Plan (NAP3), we have published the final self-assessment for NAP3 here. Thanks to everyone who contributed and commented throughout the duration of the Plan, but in particular our Expert Advisory Panel, commitment leads, and civil society commentators.

A PDF of the report is downloadable.

At Final self-assessment report [pdf] [678.07 KB] .
 

15 November 2021 - Joint report to the Minister for the Public Service released

A joint report to the Minister for the Public Service on potential focus areas for New Zealand’s fourth Open Government Partnership National Action Plan has been published on the Te Kawa Mataaho website. The advice was developed with our expert advisory panel, civil society organisations, and a range of government agencies, and summarises the conclusions from our joint work.

10 November 2021 - Comment on the draft self-assessment of NZ's OGP National Action Plan 2018-21

New Zealand’s Third National Action Plan (NAP3) draft self-assessment was open for comment from 9-23 November.  The draft self-assessment is here. End of term reports for each of the 12 commitments can be found here. 

We will consider your feedback and lodge the final NAP3 self-assessment with the Open Government Partnership Secretariat by the end of November.  

3 November 2021 - OGPNZ Update

Third and fourth New Zealand National Action Plans 

We want to provide you with an update of what’s been happening since New Zealand’s third Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan came to a close, and what is happening next with the fourth National Action Plan being developed for next year. We are also pleased to announce a term extension for our Expert Advisory Panel (EAP). 

Assessing New Zealand’s third OGP National Action Plan 2018–21 (NAP3) 

Te Kawa Mataaho has drafted a self-assessment of NAP3, based on the reports from agencies that had commitments in the Plan. That self-assessment will be published for public comment in early November for a period of two weeks. We’ll email you again when the NAP3 self-assessment online. As part of the process the OGP’s independent reviewer will also report on NAP3. 

Identifying potential focus areas for New Zealand’s fourth OGP National Action Plan (NAP4) 

The work is being approached in four ‘phases’: 

• Phase 1 (complete) – During 2020 and the first half of 2021, we spoke to the public, often in their own communities, producing over 1,500 ideas. A list of all the ideas raised has been compiled into a single spreadsheet. 

NAP4 compiled set of all ideas [xlsx] [237.13 KB]  

• Phase 2 (end October) – We’ve been busy working closely with our EAP, a range of civil society organisations and relevant agency officials to analyse the ideas and to identify themes and groupings of ideas that we can do more work on, or that are already being worked on by the government.   
• Phase 3 (early 2022) – We’ll work through with this group the process for developing the identified themes into potential commitments. This work will include working with this group to consider who else needs to be involved as this work progresses to ensure these different perspectives and experiences inform future work. We expect this next phase of work will inform additional advice to the Minister in early 2022.  
• Phase 4 (mid-2022) – We’ll then support the development and finalisation of commitments for inclusion in NAP4.   

We’d like to acknowledge our EAP and civil society organisations for the openness and expertise they have brought to the process. He rau ringa, e oti ai | Many hands make light work. 

Expert Advisory Panel and Civil Society Organisations meeting with Minister for the Public Service on 28 October 2021  

Members of the EAP and CSOs met with the Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister for the Public Service, on 28 October 2021. Minister Hipkins acknowledged the work that has been undertaken to date and confirmed his commitment to the development of the fourth National Action Plan. 

Separately, summary notes from recent meetings with EAP and CSOs are available here. 

Term extension for our Expert Advisory Panel  

As we’ve mentioned previously, earlier this year New Zealand moved from the group of countries submitting NAPs in 2021 to the 2022 group. 

We are still very much in the middle of the process of developing NAP4. We are therefore pleased to confirm that, to support the continuity of the process and to maintain these growing relationships, our EAP members have agreed to extend their terms through to October 2022, to see us through the finalisation of the next Plan. We thank all EAP members for their dedication to date and look forward to working together to develop NAP4 over the coming months. The members of the EAP can be found here. 

Over 2020–21, we have been lucky enough to have Sarah Colcord on the EAP to fill the temporary absence of Jacqueline Paul. Sarah has brought valuable experience and knowledge to the EAP during her time with the group and we are very happy to confirm that Sarah has agreed to extend her term on the EAP through to October 2022, adding her expertise and insights to the development of NAP4. That brings our EAP membership to seven. 

24 August 2021 - Letter from the Open Government Partnership regarding New Zealand’s shift to the 2022 cohort for our next National Action Plan

On 15 June 2021 we wrote to OGP to advise them of our intention to extend the development period for our next National Action Plan to mid-2022, joining the countries delivering Plans in 2022. 

We have now received a reply to that letter, which can be found here.

16 August 2021 - An update on New Zealand’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plans

Please find below an update sent to our Open Government Partnership mailing list 16 August 2021. You can be added to the list here.

An update on New Zealand’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plans

2020 

22 December 2020 – Progress reports for Third National Action Plan and Meeting Papers  

We have also published the sixth round of progress reports for the Plan, covering the period to the end of June 2020. The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources. Papers from EAP and Officials Group meetings in December have also been published. 

11 September 2020 – Extension of term, progress reports for Third National Action Plan and Meeting Papers  

We are pleased to advise that the term of the third National Action plan has been extended to June 2021. Details can be found here. We have also published the sixth round of progress reports for the Plan, covering the period to the end of June 2020. The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources. Papers from EAP and Officials Group meetings in June and July have also been published. 

Accessible version of documents will be available shortly.

22 April 2020 – Progress reports for Third National Action Plan  

We are pleased to publish the fifth round of progress reports for Plan 2018-20, covering the period to the end of December 2019. The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources  

The Conversation So Far 

Find out what people are saying here

Independent Reporting Mechanism’s Design Report  

The final IRM Design Report on the OGP National Action Plan 2018-20 has been published on the OGP website. The Report is available on the Current National Action Plan page. 

10 February 2020

The State Services Commission provides further details on workshops that are planned to support the development of the next National Action Plan and an update on ideas that have been suggested.

2019

19 December 2019 – Engagement to develop the OGP National Action Plan 2020-22 commences

We are pleased to invite people to submit ideas for inclusion in the Fourth NAP. To find out more go here.

21 November 2019 – Progress reports for Third National Action Plan  

We are pleased to publish the fourth round of progress reports for Plan 2018-20, covering the period to the end of June 2019. The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources  

2 October 2019 – Progress reports for Third National Action Plan  

We are pleased to publish the third round of progress reports for Plan 2018-20, covering the period to the end of June 2019. The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources

Independent Research Mechanism: New Zealand Design Report 2018-2020  

September 2019 

This Report which has been published for public comment can be found at Third National Action Plan. The Plan is open for public comment for 14 days from Monday 30 September.

Independent Reporting Mechanism’s End-of-Term Report 2016-18

The final IRM Report on the OGP National Action Plan 2016-18 has been published on the OGP website. The Report is available on the Third National Action Plan page under Second National Action Plan

 

27 June 2018 - Third National Action Plan Update 

As you know from our last update, we received 449 ideas to consider for New Zealand’s third National Action Plan. Thanks once again to everyone who contributed. 

Those ideas have now been grouped in to seven themes by the Expert Advisory Panel, working with government officials. 

The seven themes are: 

1. All New Zealanders know how our democracy and system of government works and how they can participate; they are empowered to contribute to wider community life. 

1. Government and New Zealanders work collaboratively to shape policy decisions and design of public services. 

1. Increase government transparency/accountability. 

1. All New Zealanders can access government information and services easily – in whatever way works for them. 

1. Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of public services. 

1. Environment supports a free and independent media to increase transparency of government decision-making. 
2. New Zealanders can access government information resources for innovation. 

Some of the themes have additional sub-themes as well. You can view them all, how they tie in to the ideas and the flipcharts from each of our workshops on our Third National Action Plan page. 

On Monday 2 July, the EAP, officials and representatives from each of the workshops will come together to work with the themes and explore options for potential commitments in the next National Action Plan. 

We’ll keep you posted as work progresses. Be sure to keep an eye on the website and our social media channels for regular updates. 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. 

13 June 2019 – Progress reports for Third National Action Plan

We are pleased to publish the second round of progress reports for Plan 2018-20, covering the period to 30 April 2019. The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources

20 March 2019 – Meeting papers for Expert Advisory Panel published

We’ve published meeting papers for the second half of 2018 for the Expert Advisory Panel

19 March 2019 – Meeting papers for Officials Group published

We’ve published confirmed meeting papers for the second half of 2018 for the Officials Group

14 March 2019 – Call for nominations for Expert Advisory Panel members  

We are looking for two people to join New Zealand’s Open Government Partnership Expert Advisory Panel (EAP). See New EAP Members_Nomination and Selection_March_April 2019 

The EAP is a six-member panel that helps the State Services Commission with development, implementation and evaluation of the commitments in New Zealand’s National Action Plans.  The nomination period is open until 5pm 5 April 2019. 

11 March 2019 – Progress reports for Third National Action Plan

We are pleased to publish the first round of progress reports for Plan 2018-20, covering the period to 31 December 2018. We’ve changed the format of the reports to enable lead agencies to report on how they are implementing the commitments – with a focus on diversity and inclusion – as well as what they are achieving. We have responded to feedback that coloured circles showing progress are not meaningful when printed in black and white; let us know if you like the new markers for progress.  The reports are published on the Third National Action Plan page under Resources

11 February 2019 – Transparency International publishes the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index  

Transparency International published its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on 29 January 2019.   

The overall result confirms New Zealand is still regarded as relatively free from corruption: ranked 2nd in the world, after Denmark and before third-placed Finland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland and fourth-placed Norway.   

New Zealand’s score dropped from 89/110 to 87/110 in the last year, while Denmark held onto its score of 88/110. These two countries have vied for 1st and 2nd place for several years.  

The CPI is an international comparator measure of perceptions of public sector corruption in 180 countries. It is a composite index based on a number of surveys and assessments and is used to raise awareness of global and domestic corruption issues.   

The latest CPI commentary and results are available here.

2018

7 December 2018 – Third National Action Plan 2018-2020 - published

We’ve finalised the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Third National Action Plan and sent it to the OGP Secretariat. You can see the report, public comments on the draft report and responses, and other associated papers here.

Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, invited us to their events to talk about open government, collaborated at workshops, proposed commitments, challenged us to stretch our ambition, provided feedback and helped us in many other ways to develop this Plan.

The first progress reports covering the initial months of implementing the Plan will be published in late February 2019.

29 November 2018 - Second National Action Plan 2016-18 - End-term Self-assessment published

We’ve published the Open Government Partnership (OGP) 2nd National Action Plan end-term self-assessment report and sent it to the OGP Secretariat. Thanks to those who provided comment on the draft, these helped us to improve the final report. You can see the report, public comments on the draft report and responses to those comments, here.

We’ll keep you informed about the final step for this 2nd Plan cycle, when the OGP independent IRM researcher’s end-term report is finalised and published.

23 October 2018 – Second National Action Plan 2016-18 – opportunity to comment on  the end of term draft Self-assessment for this Plan

You can read and give feedback on the draft Self-assessment Report for the second National Action Plan 2016-18 that ended in June this year here. You have until 5pm on 12 November 2018 to send us your comments. Officials and the Expert Advisory Panel will consider your feedback and provide a summary of comments with advice to the Government on how to finalise the Self-assessment Report before it is lodged with the OGP Secretariat.

Self-assessment Report

27 September 2018 – New term of appointment for Expert Advisory Panel Members

Four Expert Advisory Panel (EAP) members have agreed to serve on EAP for a further two years: Anaru Fraser, Phil Newman, Rachel Roberts and Suzanne Snively. These members, together with Scott Miller, have contributed to the development of the third National Action Plan and we are pleased that they are available to give advice on its implementation over the next two years.

We thank Scott Miller and Dr Miriam Lips for their service on the EAP, and will appoint two new members to replace them later this year. See more details about the EAP.

20 September 2018 – Update for Third National Action Plan

Draft National Action Plan

You can read the draft National Action Plan above and give feedback on the Plan. You have until 5pm on 17 October 2018 to send us your comments. Officials and the Expert Advisory Panel will consider your feedback and provide a summary of the comments with advice to the Government on how to finalise the National Action Plan 2018-20, before it is lodged with the OGP Secretariat. Final changes may include your comments reflected with or without attribution.

• The Expert Advisory Panel

13 September 2018 – Update for Second National Action Plan

The Second National Action Plan (2016-18) concluded on 29 June 2018.

The final quarterly progress reports (March to June 2018) are available in the Resources section. If you have any feedback on these final progress reports, please email your comments to us at mailto:ogpnz@ssc.govt.nz by 27 September 2018. This will help us with drafting the end-term Self-assessment Report.

There’ll also be an opportunity for you to comment on the draft Self-assessment Report before it is finalised later this year.

10 August 2018 – Update for Third National Action Plan

The EAP met with officials on 8 August and have provided feedback on a first draft of the Third National Plan. There will be an opportunity for you to comment on the draft Third National Action Plan. We are still working through the exact timing, but this is likely to be in late September or early October.

3 August 2018 – Third National Action Plan Update

Our last update has raised a few queries. The development of the 2018-20 Plan has been going for some time and the information has been shared across a few channels. To make it a bit easier click on this link http://www.ogp.org.nz/check-progress/. This will take you to all the relevant information in one place and in order. We are also making a few changes to the website to make it easier to find what you need.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at ogpnz@ssc.govt.nz

31 July 2018 – Third National Action Plan Update

Since our last update, we've continued to work with the Expert Advisory Panel and officials on the third National Action Plan.

We're now approaching the end stages of the process. During August and September, the Plan will be finalised and considered by Government for approval.

After this it will be submitted to the OGP International. We are confident that taking this time to make sure we get the plan right will give us the best outcomes over the next two years.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at ogpnz@ssc.govt.nz

19 July 2018 – Third National Action Plan Update

In our last update we let you know that on Monday 2 July, the Expert Advisory Panel (EAP), officials and representatives from each of the workshops came together to work with the themes and explore options for potential commitments in the next National Action Plan.

On Wednesday 11 July the EAP and officials met again to continue that work. Through those conversations, three areas of focus for the plan have been agreed. Those are participation in democracy, collaboration to develop policy and services, and transparency and accountability.

We’re now working through the actions that could be included in the plan, and these will then go to Ministers for consideration.

Some of the types of actions we’re looking at include:

• making it easier for people to understand and engage with Parliament and have their say
• improving how public service agencies engage with New Zealanders when developing policy advice or designing services
• projects to make data held by government more accessible and to explain how data is being used and protected.

We are now well on our way to creating the third National Action Plan. Be sure to check in for our next update soon.

27 June 2018 – Website Updates

We have recently published Progress Reports on each commitment for the Second National Action Plan for the period March 2017 to March 2018 at: Second National Action Plan

Meeting papers for the Expert Advisory Panel from March 2017 to April 2018 are available at: Expert Advisory Panel

Meeting papers for the Officials Group from March 2017 to April 2018 are available at: Officials Group

Key documents for the National Action Plans prior to March 2017 are available on the State Services Commission website at: Open Government Partnership

We appreciated feedback that alerted us to the need to update this website with documents that were previously available. We will install relevant archival material prior to March 2017 over the next few months, as well as continuing to publish latest updates and progress reports.

27 June 2018 - Third National Action Plan Update

As you know from our last update, we received 449 ideas to consider for New Zealand’s third National Action Plan. Thanks once again to everyone who contributed.

Those ideas have now been grouped in to seven themes by the Expert Advisory Panel, working with government officials.

The seven themes are:

1. All New Zealanders know how our democracy and system of government works and how they can participate; they are empowered to contribute to wider community life.
2. Government and New Zealanders work collaboratively to shape policy decisions and design of public services.
3. Increase government transparency/accountability.
4. All New Zealanders can access government information and services easily – in whatever way works for them.
5. Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of public services.
6. Environment supports a free and independent media to increase transparency of government decision-making.
7. New Zealanders can access government information resources for innovation.

Some of the themes have additional sub-themes as well. You can view them all, how they tie in to the ideas and the flipcharts from each of our workshops on our Third National Action Plan page.

On Monday 2 July, the EAP, officials and representatives from each of the workshops will come together to work with the themes and explore options for potential commitments in the next National Action Plan.

We’ll keep you posted as work progresses. Be sure to keep an eye on the website and our social media channels for regular updates.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

8 June 2018 – Third National Action Plan Update

The idea generation phase of the third National Action Plan has now come to a close. 

In addition to those that came in via the website, we held six workshops around the country, including one with high school students in Dunedin, to generate ideas for commitments in our Action Plan. 

Thank you to everyone who took part. It was great to have people with so much knowledge, and a wide range of experiences and perspectives coming together to share their thoughts on how we can improve open government in New Zealand. 

In total, we received 449 ideas to consider. Those ideas are all up on the Open Government Partnership website. 

On Tuesday 5 June, the Expert Advisory Panel and members of the Open Government Partnership team at State Services Commission got together to review the ideas, and group them in to themes ahead of the Synthesis Workshop to be held on 2 July. Representatives from each of the public workshops have been invited to participate in this next phase. 

The Synthesis Workshop will identify the preferred groups of ideas to be explored further for the potential to become a commitment in the next National Action Plan. We aim to present 5 to 15 commitments to Government for consideration. 

We’ll keep you posted as work progresses. Be sure to keep an eye on the website and our social media channels for regular updates. 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at ogpnz@ssc.govt.nz. 

8 June 2018 – Workshops have now been held

We've now held four workshops for the development of ideas for New Zealand's third National Action Plan.

These workshops were held in:

• Auckland, 21 May, Offices of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Manukau
• Wellington, 23 May, National Library
• Christchurch, 24 May, Riccarton Park Function Centre
• Wellington, 29 May, National Library.

You can check out all the ideas that were generated online on the Open Government Partnership website.

18 April 2018 – Open Government Partnership Workshop dates and locations confirmed

Registrations are now open for the Open Government Partnership Workshops. The workshops are being held in the following locations:

• Auckland, 21 May, Offices of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Manukau
• Wellington, 23 May, National Library
• Christchurch, 24 May, Riccarton Park Function Centre

Please go to the workshop registration page to secure your place.

Timeline for development of the Third National Action Plan

April – May 2018

You can talk to us through social media (Twitter and LinkedIn), post ideas on our online discussion forum and register to attend one of the workshops.

The deadline for posting your ideas is 31 May 2018. This will ensure your ideas can contribute to development of commitments in the next National Action Plan.

June – July 2018

You will be able to comment on the themes and ideas that have emerged from the workshops over this period.

We will be working with representatives from interested groups and from the workshops, as well as officials from government agencies, to distil the ideas into draft commitments for consideration by responsible Ministers and Cabinet.

August – September 2018

The plan will be finalised and we will be preparing for implementation.

2017

Content to come

2016

Content to come

2015

Content to come

2014

Content to come