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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Henry Cooke

From minister to lobbyist in three months: New Zealand needs to do better on transparency

Faafoi in profile wearing a blue suit and speaking into a microphone at a press conference
Former justice minister Kris Faafoi has started his own lobbying firm, just three months after leaving parliament. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

Every year, New Zealand’s headline writers get a chance to clap the country on the back.

There is nothing we love more than being “first in the world” at something – whether it be flat whites or rugby union – and Transparency International’s corruption perception index fits the bill perfectly, generally putting us equal first with other enlightened small democracies like Denmark.

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