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Helping people make smarter choices to deliver real value was a key driver to pulling Tupono Pahi into the procurement profession. He's got aims and ideas for how the industry can attract more people and grow the community's capabilities.

Leading with purpose, integrity and heart, Charlotte Payne steps down from her role at CIPSANZ. It's been a 21-year journey with CIPS – spanning continents and decades. She reflects on what she has learned and what she thinks the future of procurement holds.

This is the complex story that shows the role procurement plays in sourcing an incredibly important part of New Zealand’s healthcare system.

A drone is being used to help track one of New Zealand’s biggest biosecurity disasters. The procurement officer behind the project shares what the introduction of the drone in the fight against possums means and the role procurement has had in this step.

NZGP was lucky to host Hiba Tahboub, Director and Chief Procurement Officer, and Khalid Bin Anjum, Senior Procurement Officer, from the World Bank in a recent Knowledge Hour.

The Minister for Energy today announced MBIE is working with the three largest electricity consuming central government agencies (New Zealand Defence Force, Health NZ and Department of Corrections) on pursuing potential Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).

New members of the Business Reference Group (BRG), representing businesses from across a number of sectors, met for the first time in early February.

We are reopening the Construction consultancy services (CCS) panel to new applications from March 2026 for scheduled supplier onboarding.

We’re excited to announce the launch of the Government Procurement Practitioners Competency Framework. The framework, along with the Competency Assessment Tool and Learning Pathways Guide, is now available on our website.

New equipment that supports everything from groundwater tracing to volcanic hazard monitoring has arrived in the country.