Transparency NZ call for more transparency from Transparency International
Transparency International have turned my application for membership down for the third time.
Suzanne Snively sent a reply on behalf of TINZ declining me once again. It appears that she does not like the comments which I make with regards to transparency International she has however never pointed which statements she is referring to and she has not told me which sites in particular she is looking at, it could well be that she is looking at some one else web site and attributing comments to me. Suzanne you are not being very transparent.
This led me to looking at the constitution of transparency International .An incorporated society only has one set of operative rules and those are the ones listed on the register of incorporated societies and those are the copies of the rules which the registrar has accepted.
Imagine then my surprise when I found that Transparency International New Zealand does not have any rules listed with the registrar.Does this make them unconstitutional ?
I phoned the societies registrar this morning and confirmed that they did not hold a copy of the rules…. see the page as it appeared 2nd April NZ Companies Office – View Details transparency international not very transparent I would have thought.
There is a copy available on the charities web site but it is not an official copy , not good enough we think for transparency International which has so much international clout.
Transparency International New Zealand are represented only by some 70 people 10 of whom are directors making 1 in 7 of them directors. http://www.transparencynz.org.nz/index.php/about/governance
Those listed on the governance site represent amongst them the large accountancy companies and appear to be well connected with Government and big business, the representation is mainly of the rich and famous , those of us who bang our heads against the corporate walls are not welcome. It is after all about perception and we bring too much reality and insist on accuracy.
By way of example today Transparency International Via Suzan Snively published a press release No+Complacency+for+Corruption-TINZ-PR.
In just the first three lines we at Transparency New Zealand struggle to find a verifiable comment
1. there is no such act as the Public Service Act
2. the state sector act is dated 1988 which is not 100 years ago
3.And to the best of our knowledge there have been no surveys done here or internationally with regards to the integrity of public sectors in a setting which allows comparisons to be made.
We have written to Suzanne and requested clarification we will update you when the reply is received.