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When most procurement projects begin, the challenge is defining the outcome. For the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), the outcome was already defined – by a composer who died more than a century ago.

The 2025 Procurement Capability Index (PCI) results show steady progress across several areas of procurement capability, demonstrating agencies' commitment to strengthening procurement practices.

In this edition we sit down and talk with Tessa Cullen - a Policy Advisor who worked in New Zealand Government Procurement from 2017 until 2019. Tessa now works at the World Bank, and was visiting Wellington last week with a Cambodian delegation of public finance officials.

Government agencies are making great overall progress with the implementation of the latest edition of the Government Procurement Rules.

Giving bad news is never easy. It can be even harder when you've received dozens or even hundreds of responses to a tender.

Tod shares the complexities of procurement at Corrections and why we need to get out from behind the desk and understand the world behind the price tag.

Identifying expert knowledge to support major investigations undertaken by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) is vital.

Whether you’re a remote school or one of the largest agencies serving the nation and the wider Pacific, there was something for everyone at the latest Knowledge Hour conversation.

The next reporting deadline is 1 October 2026

Sarah has built a career that spans continents, crises and some of the world’s most complex public-sector challenges.

The Procurement Workforce Survey is open until Friday 7 August 2026. Everyone working in procurement across the public service is welcome to respond.

Pharmac has just used GETS to source tiny, mesh-like metal tubes that get placed inside narrowed coronary arteries during a procedure called angioplasty.

Applications are about to open for the 2027 New Zealand Government Procurement graduate programme.

Print devices delivers an average 14% savings to schools and kura.

The Procurement Workforce Survey helps build a clear picture of the people who work in public sector procurement across New Zealand. The 2026 survey launches in early July and we need your participation.

An important part of New Zealand Government Procurement’s offering is our Workforce and Capability team. They help to promote best practice, foster collaboration, and develop procurement practitioners’ knowledge and skills.

We have a panel that can help you engage Māori early in property-related projects and form better relationships while developing your property needs.

The creative and media services refresh brings new skills and perspectives to the existing panel of quality providers.

This new guidance helps government agencies manage construction contracts and procurement in response to the current fuel situation.

Have you ever wondered how even the smallest distraction, assumed or unexpected, can throw a whole project off track? Want to get the skills that will get you past those hurdles?