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Denmark has toppled New Zealand as having the world’s least corrupt public sector, in part because of the long gestation of new anti-graft legislation, which meant the nation couldn’t ratify the UN convention against corruption. New Zealand’s score of 91 out of 100 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2014,  while Denmark moved up one point to 92. Nearest neighbour Australia’s score fell to …

Despite having only the 60th largest economy in the world and existing in the relative secludes of the South Pacific, it seems New Zealand has once again found a way to outshine the world – at least according to Forbes. For 2012, New Zealand has done one better on Forbes’ annual list of Best Countries for Business, winning away the …

The name of the new institute set up by the NZ Government to help firms in the high-tech manufacturing and services sectors will be Callaghan Innovation. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce said naming the new Advanced Technology Institute after the late Sir Paul Callaghan was recognition of his passion for commercialising scientific research. “Sir Paul was one of New …