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Eighteen months after her last Graduate Procurement placement, Devon Paranihi is thriving in New Zealand Blood Service’s (NZBS) procurement team.

We have released a Request for Information (RFI) to support the redesign of the All-of-Government (AoG) Consultancy services contract.

A new 6-bay fire station in the Tauranga CBD will see local economic benefits as a result of savvy property and procurement planning.

Government Procurement business survey is now open.

How the University of Canterbury asked potential suppliers to respond to all possible economic benefit categories for the procurement of a new fixed fluoroscopy system.

Chris Dalton, Commercial Advisor, Paearumoni, Commercial Division, Manatū Aorere, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade (MFAT) shares his journey into procurement.

Working towards a fully electric vehicle fleet is proving to be a smart move for Hutt City Council.

Alison Murray, Chief Commercial Officer, Planning System Transformation, now at the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), talks us through her path to procurement.

Applications for the Construction consultancy services (CCS) panel open 1 September 2026.

New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is taking a simple but powerful approach to improving how it works with suppliers.

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

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