New Zealand and Australia’s leading pipeline infrastructure company, Interflow, has a vision that supports the growth of its people, fosters partnerships with its customers, and ensures...

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Hamilton sinks daily water usage record

28/01/2022

Hamilton has broken its own record for most water used in a day by the city, despite being under strict water restrictions.

Gentle giants making a splash

Environment 27/01/2022

Manta rays – the gentle giants of New Zealand’s seas – are making increasing appearances this summer as the Department of Conservation...

Penguins suited to Jobs for Nature funding

Environment 27/01/2022

A long-running penguin rehab facility hit hard by the tourism downturn, and work to restore native forest habitats in the Catlins will...

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Te Huia train service back on track

24/01/2022

The much-anticipated restart of the Te Huia train service is set for today, coinciding with the last week of the summer school...

Council gets on board Otago school bus dilemma

Fleet 24/12/2021

With the closure of Otago Road Services next year, the Otago Regional Council and its bus operators, Go Bus and Ritchies, are...

Wellington driving toward an electrified 2030

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Wellington City Council plans to replace its fossil-fuel powered passenger fleet vehicles with zero emission, electric alternatives by 2030, while also identifying...

UPCOMING EVENTS

23sepAll Day01marFUTURE PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS SERIESOnline Event Organized By: ANZSOG

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Choose your own adventure: Calling all future public sector leaders! An exclusive online leadership series for the public sector leaders of the future working in today’s volatile and uncertain times.

Begins 23 September 2021 and runs to March 2022. Applications now open!

ANZSOG’s Future public sector leaders’ series has returned to inspire and educate hard-working and passionate emerging leaders in a ‘choose-your-own adventure’ style series which puts you in control of your online learning experience.

The series which first ran in 2020, will inspire you to reimagine your role in the public sector and become the leader you want to be as you explore topics such as: integrity, diversity, Treaty, digital governance and agility, systems thinking and leadership, and policy capability, creation and implementation.

The series features short and engaging online masterclasses purposely designed to fit around your busy workday and led by current and former CEOs and senior public administrators, premiers, politicians and academics and presenters in ANZSOG’s renowned Executive Master of Public Administration degree and Executive Fellows Program

Previous FPSL participants said:

90% agreed topics were contemporary and relevant to their work
85% agreed that the packages provided the flexibility they were looking for.

The Future public sector leaders’ series begins in September 2021 and features 11 masterclasses which are two-hour classes. Register now!

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Got a question? email: programs_team@anzsog.edu.au  

Time

September 23 (Thursday) - March 1 (Tuesday)

Location

Online

Organizer

ANZSOG+61 3 8344 1990 Level 8, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Wellington

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14marAll Day1536th Industrial and Employment Relations (IER) SummitNavigating the shifting regulatory tides of the ER landscape. Ellersile Events Centre Event Organized By: Brightstar

22marAll Day23TOOLS AND SKILLS FOR POLICY PRACTITIONERSOnline Event Organized By: Policy Skills

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2 DAY WORKSHOP – IN PERSON PLACES AVAILABLE

Interactive learning suitable for practitioners at all levels. Learn from experts with years of policy experience at all levels.

Co-author of the highly-acclaimed and longstanding Australia Policy Handbook, Peter Bridgman leads a two-day immersion in policy advice and production. Along with experienced policy professional, Nonie Malone, this is a workshop delivered by practitioners, not academics, and tailored to the work on your desk right now.

TOPICS COVERED:

Develop new policy skills and build on your existing skills
Understand why developing policy advice is hard
Come away with new tools and frameworks to improve your analysis
Navigate the complex policy environment
Distinguish the elements of good policy and learn from policy failure
Know how to engage stakeholders effectively
See how policy practitioners lead and manage policy
Develop confidence in planning and execution for effective implementation and evaluation
Explore the interface between research, evidence, analysis, implementation and evaluation
Know how to balance control and flexibility to deal with uncertainty

Download the PDF Brochure for full course details.

COURSE OUTLINE

DAY ONE: POLICY IN CONTEXT

Policy Issues
- What is “public policy” and why is it important?
- How do issues become policy issues?
- Prioritising competing policy issues
Policy analysis
- How do we analyse policy issues?
- Analytical tools and concepts
- Innovative thinking
How to make a difference: policy instruments
- What tools do we have to make a difference?
- Which tools are the right ones?
- Understand legislation: when to use it and when not to use it
Policy players
- Methods for effective stakeholder communication
- Ministers and Cabinet / Council
- The role of the policy analyst
- Managing up essentials: influential communication and action

DAY TWO: POLICY IN ACTION

Coordinating policy action inside government
- Consultation with other agencies
- The role and influence of central agencies
Policy decision making
- Policies that make sense to decision makers
- Framing policy arguments
Implementation and evaluation challenges
- Implementation as success and failure
- How do we know if our policies achieved the desired result?
Integrating policy lessons
- Essentials for good policy making
- Dealing with uncertainty and time pressures
- Project management for policy and programs
- Managing in: maintaining and upgrading your own and your team’s policy capability

Time

march 22 (Tuesday) - 23 (Wednesday)

Location

Online

Organizer

Policy SkillsPolicy Skills is a collaborative operation of Peter Bridgman, Australia’s most-recognised policy leader and Nonie Malone, a highly experienced policy manager. We present public offer programs delivered by ourselves and other policy area specialists. PO Box 5418 West End QLD 4101

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30marAll Day31Communicating for New ZealandHarbourside Event Organized By: Brightstar

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Over the last two years, getting communication between public services and New Zealanders right and effectively communicating the policy vision and plan of government has been more important than ever.

Communicating for New Zealand will focus on how communication professionals from across the government and public services can go further and improve their communication, engagement, and collaboration with audiences. Hear from experts on new insights and solutions to overcome the growing challenges that they face including the spread of misinformation, maintaining transparency in a rapidly changing environment, keeping up with the latest social media innovations and how to improve internal marketing and communications collaboration.

Featuring key themes:

Dismantling fake news and misinformation
What have we learnt from communicating in the pandemic age?
Innovative ideas to stretch campaign budgets
Utilising social media into communication strategies
Building trust through transparency

Hear from: AWE Consultants Ltd || Campbell Squared Group || Carterton District Council || Classification Office || Conversologie || Electoral Commission || Franks Ogilvie || Hamilton City Council || Mango Communications || Newstalk ZB (NZME) || Te Kahui Manukura o Kai Ora || Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand || The University of Auckland || Upper Hutt City Council

Time

march 30 (Wednesday) - 31 (Thursday)

Location

Harbourside

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Brightstar09 912 3616 51 Apollo Drive Rosedale Auckland 0632 New Zealand

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30marAll Day01apr4th Annual Social Media for Gov NZInterContinental Wellington Event Organized By: Publicspectrum

03mayAll Day04Writing for Policy ResultsOnline Event Organized By: Policy Skills

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2 Day Workshop

Another two-day immersion, delivered by experienced policy professional, Nonie Malone, and awarded government writing educator, Sandra Hogan, this workshop will hone your skills so you and your decision-makers have confidence in your written communications.

Topics Covered:

Know the critical importance of writing in the policy development process
Understand how to use policy documents to reach and influence decision-makers
Know how to navigate the complex policy environment
Distinguish the elements of good policy writing and learn by doing
Know how to engage internal and external stakeholders effectively
See how policy documents influence and embody policy
Develop confidence in planning and creating policy documents
Know how to communicate accurately, briefly and comprehensively

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Course Outline

Day One: Policy writing in context and action

1. Policy writing ideals and reality

Exploration of writing experiences
What goes wrong in policy writing?
What is needed to produce good work?

2. Essential writing to support the stages of the policy cycle

Overview of the nature of policy and the policy cycle
Policy documents and their purposes

3. Identifying and reaching the right audience

Identify the target and incidental audiences for each type of document
What strategies do you need to meet the needs of the particular audience?

4. Briefing note and correspondence writing tools & skills

What gets in the way of writing a good brief or letter and what to do about it
What content do you need and how do you organise it?
Getting your point across

5. Communicating clearly #1 – why grammar & punctuation count

Taking the pain out of grammar & punctuation (group exercise)

Day Two: Influencing through policy writing

1. Plain English tools & skills

How to recognise and avoid jargon and obfuscation
When and how should technical language be used
The language of policy
How to communicate the complex simply

2. Convincing decision-makers

What do decision-makers want and need?
How to argue for the best course of action
How to write recommendations that lead to decisions

3. Cabinet submissions, discussion (green) papers, white papers

What are these documents for?
What makes a good cabinet submission?
Complexity made simple – planning and creating Cabinet submissions

4. Communicating clearly #2

Sentence by sentence – writing for clarity
Presentation without words

5. Managing for efficiency and effectiveness as a policy writer

How to find strategies and resources to help you reach ideals
How to foster conditions in your agency to facilitate your writing
Personal skills for policy influence.

Time

may 3 (Tuesday) - 4 (Wednesday)

Location

Online

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04mayAll Day064th Annual NZ Government Data SummitRydges Wellington Event Organized By: Publicspectrum

17mayAll Day18Developing & Communicating Sound Organisational Policy & ProceduresOnline Event Organized By: Policy Skills

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2 Day Workshop – In person and remote places available

Interactive learning for practitioners responsible for writing and implementing the policies and procedures used by organisations, businesses and management committees.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the function of policy for organisations and their oversight bodies
Identify the policies and procedures needed for your organisation
Understand the stages of the policy-development process
Know how to engage approvers, implementers and those affected to test and deliver what is needed and to facilitate approvals by decision-makers
Know how to write policies and procedures that are clear and concise
Understand the features of a good organisational system for policy, procedure and guideline development
Know how to facilitate smooth implementation
Know how to plan for long-term management and evaluation

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Course Overview

Day One: Planning organisational policy and procedures

1. Policy issues

What is policy? (From public policy to organisational policy)
Policies vs procedures
Policy as smoke screen or aspiration

2. Organisational policy

Why do you need policies and procedures?
What makes policies and procedures work?
What does good policy look like?
Your organisation: What do you have? What do you need?
Managing policy development in a changing organisational environment

3. Policy approvers, responsible officers and users

What do policy approvers, responsible officers and users want and need?
Providing what they need: the briefing note and board paper
Encouraging engagement and buy-in

4. What does good policy look like?

Common threads and organisational differences
Understanding successful policy
Defining policy scope (and avoiding policy creep)
Developing a policy framework
Developing a policy template

Day Two: Writing and implementing organisational policy and procedures

5. Developing content for policies and procedures

Research and needs analysis
Engaging stakeholders
Consulting across the organisation
Checklists – friend or foe

6. Writing for clarity and purpose

Working with your template
Achieving the right style and tone
Writing in plain English
Writing strategies

7. Implementation and communication

Achieving sign-off and agreement
Integrating policy across the organisation
Encouraging uptake
Making policies findable and searchable
Making policy part of everyday business
Policy as part of workplace induction

8. Evaluation and long-term management

Guiding and training authors
Policy coherence and internal consistency
Registering, revising and reviewing policies
Evaluating policy and procedures
Everything you still want to know

Time

may 17 (Tuesday) - 18 (Wednesday)

Location

Online

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CCTV captures traffic cone movement prior to two-car crash

20/12/2021

The unauthorised movement of road cones at a busy Burnside intersection may have led to an early morning crash today, Christchurch City...

National security intelligence priorities released

News 16/12/2021

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, in her role as Minister of National Security and Intelligence has today released the Government’s 2021 National Security...

Security Bill passes first reading

News 15/12/2021

The Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill has passed its first reading and will now be considered by Parliament’s Justice Committee, with...

Infrastructure

Auckland transport plan gains speed

28/01/2022

The Government says it is bringing Auckland’s transport infrastructure into the future by moving forward with an ambitious 30-year plan to better...

Name approved for Canterbury arena

Assets 27/01/2022

Preliminary designs for the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena have been approved, clearing the way for work to begin on the next phase of...

Bay of Islands parade upgrade open for comment

Infrastructure 25/01/2022

Proposed changes to improve safety on The Parade in Island Bay are open for feedback from today until 13 February.

Technology

News

Christchurch backs aerospace innovators

24/01/2022

Three Christchurch-based innovators have been awarded $10,000 each in grant funding to develop prototypes for capturing aerial imagery as part of the...

Cyber Security & Software

Cybersecurity boost for health data

20/12/2021

The Government has announced up to $75.7 million will be invested over three years to increase the resilience of New Zealand's health...

Digital Transformation

Hamilton counts on new transport technology

17/12/2021

A device that counts pedestrians, cyclists, scooter riders and skateboarders – and even dogs! – is being rolled out by Hamilton City...

HEALTH

Health

Canterbury third DHB to vaccinate 90% Māori

27/01/2022

Canterbury has become the third DHB to fully vaccinate more than 90% of eligible Māori, the Ministry of Health announced today.

Govt’s 3-phase assault on Omicron

Health 26/01/2022

Health Minister: We are ready for case surge

Health 25/01/2022

Record day for booster jabs

Health 25/01/2022

5,000 portable air cleaners for schools

Education 25/01/2022

Procurement

Assets

Name approved for Canterbury arena

27/01/2022

Preliminary designs for the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena have been approved, clearing the way for work to begin on the next phase of...

Felled Flaxmere trees to fuel community

Assets 27/01/2022

Heritage to be preserved in New Lynn land sale

Assets 21/01/2022

Dunedin Retail Quarter upgrade goes underground

Contracts 13/01/2022

New Lynn site sale to preserve heritage and provide homes

Assets 22/12/2021

Education

UC Professor inspiring Young NZer of the Year semi-finalists

27/01/2022

Internationally acclaimed sustainability expert and University of Canterbury (UC) Professor Bronwyn Hayward MNZM is being praised as a mentor and a pioneer...

‘Stressed out’ women lockdown’s big drinkers

Education 25/01/2022

Funding to grow Otago forestry workforce

Education 25/01/2022

5,000 portable air cleaners for schools

Education 25/01/2022

Canterbury dials in to digital future

Education 24/01/2022

Police

Local leader for Wainuiomata police team

28/01/2022

Lower Hutt Police is re-establishing a Wainuiomata-based response team led by a well-known local who was recently appointed to a newly created...

Festival traffic warning for Coromandel

News 20/01/2022

Police announce mandatory vaccination policy for staff, volunteers, visitors

News 18/01/2022

Eastern police praise driver behaviour

Police 13/01/2022

Police walk to honour the brave

Police 10/01/2022

Defence

Third humanitarian flight to Tonga

28/01/2022

A third aid flight from New Zealand carrying humanitarian aid and disaster relief supplies has landed in Tonga. The...

NZ Navy leads one tonne drug bust in Arabian Gulf

Defence 25/01/2022

NZ boosts Tongan recovery funding to $3m

Defence 21/01/2022

Navy dives in to Tongan response

Defence 21/01/2022

Emergency aid touches down in Tonga

Defence 20/01/2022

Finance

CTU survey finds Kiwi workers ‘financially vulnerable’

18/01/2022

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions' (NZCTU) annual Mood of the Workforce Survey shows the vast majority of kiwi workers do...

Finance

GDP figures reflect national resilience

16/12/2021

The resilience of the economy in the face of the impact of the Delta outbreak was reflected in the latest GDP figures...

Finance

Pacific investment fund launched

14/12/2021

Foreign Affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta and Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth, Phil Twyford have today announced a new investment...

Finance

COVID business transition payments open

10/12/2021

The Transition Payment available for affected businesses to support their move to the COVID-19 Protection Framework has opened for applications this morning.

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