Improving the Governance of New Zealand - lunchtime lecture series
IGPS and The Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) invite you to a series of lunchtime lectures, Improving the Governance of New Zealand. The eight lectures will explore some of the significant governance issues currently facing New Zealand and foster debate about how the governance of this country, and the many organisations within it, might be improved.

01 March 2013 The Governance of Parliament
08 March 2013 Reviewing our Constitutional Arrangements
15 March 2013 The Governance of the Conservation Estate
22 March 2013 Reforming the Electoral System
05 April 2013 The Governance of Local Government
12 April 2013 The Governance of Companies
19 April 2013 Building a High Integrity System
03 May 2013 The Governance of the Health Care System

Governance of the Interface between Ministers and the Public Service - evening lecture series
IGPS and The Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) invite you to a series of evening lectures Governance of the Interface between Ministers and the Public Service. The six lectures will explore the relationship between Ministers and the public service (especially Chief Executives). This relationship is governed by a range of statutory obligations, but also conventions and practices that are less well articulated. How these change is difficult to perceive. The aim is to foster debate about how these formal and informal relationship work in practice and how they are changing.

12 March 2013 Framing the Debate
19 March 2013 Chief Executives, Ministers and Parlimentary Scrutiny
26 March 2013 The Exercise of Statutory Independence by Chief Executives
16 April 2013 Working with Chief Executives
23 April 2013 Ministerial Responsibility and Chief Executive Accountability
30 April 2013 Working with Ministers

Register online today to secure your spot at www.ipanz.org.nz

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