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Iti Kōpara

Public Governance Aotearoa

Iti Kōpara – Public Governance Aotearoa is an independent registered charitable trust established by a group of experienced public sector directors, with support from Te Kawa Mataaho: Public Service Commission, New Zealand Government Ministries and agencies, and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.

Our kaupapa

Our kaupapa is the pursuit of public governance excellence. 
We develop and deliver competency development and refresher training for public sector governance Boards. Read more about us here.
 

Courses

Our current offering is Mā te kahukura ka rere te manu
a course focused on Crown entity governance.
Click here for course information.

This is a practitioners’ course – its emphasis is on good Crown entity governance and will draw heavily on guest practitioners’ experience.

Guest practitioners

July 2025 FULL

14, 15, 30, 31

Follow a manual added link

September / October 2025

25, 26 Sept, 29, 30 Oct

“He iti kōpara pioi ana te tihi o te kahikatea”

“The small bellbird who aspires to reach the topmost branch of the kahikatea tree will set it swaying”