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Christmas wish granted for Pasifika leaders

Christmas has come early for 17 leaders of Pacific descent who have been selected for the Tautua Mentoring Programme 2025.

• Diversity

NZX Director Independence Review update: implications for directors

Changes announced will enhance robustness of governance practices for New Zealand-listed issuers. 

• Accountability
• Compliance
• NZX

Governance implications – 2024 HYEFU and Budget Policy Statement

Financial updates from Treasury may impact not-for-profit boards.

• Not for profits

Summer reading

Four books IoD CEO Kirsten (KP) Patterson is planning to dip into over the break.

The invisible chair: Wayne Boyd on a life in governance

A Distinguished Fellow of the IoD, Wayne Boyd has been deeply influential in New Zealand’s governance culture.

• Board dynamics
• Chairing
• Diversity

Mandatory climate reporting: Experiences from year one of New Zealand's regime

As we prepare for year two of mandatory climate reporting, lessons from the first year highlight areas of both opportunity and challenge. 

• Annual reporting
• Climate change
• Compliance

Governance news bites

A collection of governance-related news snapshots you might have missed in the past two weeks.

AI: too much information?

Yuval Noah Harari and Parmy Olson on how the race for superintelligence may amplify the worst of human nature.

• AI

Rodney Wong’s Success – finding points of light

Digging deep allows for positive change to take place at the board table, according to Palmerston North director Rodney Wong. Find out more.

• Board dynamics
• Decision making
• Leadership

Exciting, terrifying and valued in trillions – that’s AI

How are New Zealand directors dealing with – and implementing – AI? 

• AI

Australia's Cyber Security Act

New legislation aims to bolster the security and resilience of Australia's cyber environment and critical infrastructure.

• Cyber security
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Good governance means asking the right questions

Director and community leader Arun Chaudhari MInstD shares how the Company Directors’ Course (CDC) has made a difference in his work.

• Diversity
• Leadership

Te Rika Temara-Benfell: “A path has been laid for us”

Young Māori leaders are carving out a path for the next generation – IoD’s Aspiring Māori Director Awardee is one of them.

• ESG
• Leadership
• Long-termism

IMHO: Why individual board members shouldn't direct management

Understanding boundaries is important for developing a good relationship between board and management.

Governance news bites

A collection of governance-related news snapshots that you might have missed in the past two weeks.

• Climate change
• Decision making

Advisory boards: what they are and how they operate

Advisory boards sit alongside governing boards and the management to provide insights that benefit both groups.

• Advisory boards

Ex-Port of Auckland CEO guilty of health and safety breaches

Former Port of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson has been found guilty in relation to employee death in the workplace.

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Accelerating gender pay equality

Every board should be focussed on addressing the historical imbalance of gender pay disparity.

• Board composition
• Diversity
• Organisational culture

The changing governance landscape – a large, slow-moving tsunami

Governance is shifting under new laws on trusts, societies, climate reporting, and health and safety. Boards must adapt to stay ahead.

• Liability

What it’s really like as a non-executive director

Three things to consider before becoming a non-executive director.

• Leadership
• Liability