Ex-Politicians Join Forces with Anti-Corruption NGO to Advocate for Lobbying Reform in New Zealand
Health experts and former politicians from both sides of the aisle are calling for reform of political lobbying in New Zealand under a campaign called “Level the Playing Field.”
Major backers are the Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), the Helen Clark Foundation, and Transparency International.
Helen Clark was a Labour MP and the country’s prime minister from 1999 to 2008 and was head of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017.
Transparency International’s New Zealand operation is chaired by Anne Tolley, a National MP who held ministerial posts from 2008 to 2017 and became deputy speaker before retiring in 2020.
Unlike most OECD countries, New Zealand doesn’t have any lobbying regulations.
The campaign claims that, as a result, “vested and commercial interests currently have excessive influence on public policy-making.”
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