Webinar
Compulsory pre-requisite for all course participants
A short and important introduction to some of the unique features of state sector governance. It is considered a pre-requisite for all courses offered by Iti Kōpara, unless you have an extensive background in the public service and machinery of Government. Please choose a webinar date that precedes your in-person course.
The webinar topics have been agreed with Te Kawa Mataaho | the Public Service Commission and are based on 2026 updates to its Crown entity director induction materials, including the ‘It Takes Three’ monitoring model and conflicts of interest. The in-person course time will assume and extend knowledge from the webinar.
Also open to people wanting to attend the webinar only. This a new offering in 2026.
Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu
Crown Entity Governance
Essential core governance for all current and aspiring Crown Entity Board directors
- Equipping Board members to lead modern Crown entities and purposeful Crown entity Boards.
- Engage with highly skilled Crown entity governance practitioners about their knowledge and experience on issues relevant to contemporary and good Crown entity governance.
Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu is targeted at current Crown entity Board members (approximately 70% of all participants on every course). While it is neither an induction nor refresher course, an essential part of the Iti Kōpara Trust’s kaupapa is to continue building a diverse talent pool for Crown entity Boards. Therefore, a small number of course participants will be governance practitioners not yet appointed to a Crown entity Board together with a handful of aspiring directors.
Strategic Financial Governance
Understand the vital strategic financial governance role of Crown Entity Board directors
Developed in collaboration with the Public Service Commission | Te Kawa Mataaho and Treasury. For existing and aspiring Board directors of Crown entities and Crown entity companies to enhance their skills and knowledge in exercising strategic financial governance of their organisation’s strategy and outcomes.
Strategic financial governance in the context of Crown Entity Boards can be defined as the board’s responsibility to ensure that the organisation’s finances are managed strategically to achieve the specific impacts, outcomes, or objectives that the entity seeks to achieve or contribute to, and to provide active monitoring and oversight of the organisational processes by which the entity integrates its strategy, planning, performance, and financial management to achieve them.
The courses have been designed to complement each other, and we strongly recommend applicants also attend Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu | Crown entity governance to ensure greater depth to your governance knowledge. This can be in any order and with substantial gaps between dates. There is no repetition of substantial content across the courses.
Regulatory Leadership
An absolute pre-requisite for governors and senior executives of entities with a regulatory role
Governance and leadership of a regulator need to be intentional, direct and informed. This industry-endorsed course is for Board directors and executive leaders of Crown entities, government and non-government agencies, and other organisations with regulatory functions, obligations and powers.
A well-informed Board needs to understand its ever-evolving regulatory landscape. This course will help you understand the core responsibilities and areas of attention that Board members need to focus on to provide effective regulatory leadership as part of the governance of your organisation.
The courses have been designed to complement each other, and we strongly recommend applicants consider also attending Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu | Crown entity governance. Strategic Financial governance may also suit some applicants’ needs. There is no repetition of substantial content across the courses.
Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu
The course title refers to adorning the bird with contemporary governance knowledge and enabling it to fly to the highest peaks. Iti Kōpara aims to prepare our current and future leaders to aspire to Crown entity governance excellence that has the potential to uplift the mana, knowledge and wellbeing of all in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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