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International comparison of public-service honesty, 2010

New Zealand’s performance has regularly been among the best in the world in terms of the integrity of the state services. Transparency International is a non-government organisation that regularly surveys citizens’ experience of corruption and abuse of power in a large number of countries. This map shows the results in 2010.

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Mark Prebble, State services and the Public Service Commission – Role of central agencies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/33064/international-comparison-of-public-service-honesty-2010 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Prebble, published 5 June 2012.