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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?

The All-of-Government (AoG) Insurance brokering services (IB services) contract is now available for agencies to use on Procure Connect. The Government's e-procurement platform will be the central location for all AoG panels.

Nobody likes to give anyone bad news. No one. But it’s part of every aspect of life and in government procurement that means letting some suppliers know their bid was unsuccessful and why.

Here's some useful guidance for suppliers, to help you manage your contracts with government agencies during phase 1 of the National Fuel Response Plan.

Our guidance on integrating economic benefits to your procurement now includes specific elements you can adapt to your organisation.

Juggling everything and you are the only person in your organisation in charge of procurement? Tod Cooper, Director Procurement for the Department of Corrections has got some tips for you.

Mark shares his advice to people looking to start procurement careers, what a dollar saved on equipment can mean for an animal’s quality of life, and some of his biggest achievements.

Olivia Tuatoko and Lesa Laga talk about duties including finding suppliers to maintain lighthouses, sourcing oil spill cleaning gear, and everyday solutions to make life a little easier in the office.

Now, more than ever, it is critical agencies properly manage any conflicts of interest and are seen to be fair and operating with integrity.

Here is some useful guidance to support your agency as the situation evolves. You will need your RealMe login to access this guidance.

The ANZAC day poppy we all wear has had one of its most remarkable procurement journeys ever.

After Tropical Cyclone Gita destroyed important buildings for the people of Tonga, procurement teams have stepped in to help with a complex rebuild.

How is corruption showing up in Aotearoa New Zealand and what role do transparency practices in procurement play?

There’s a new suppliers hub and you’re encouraged to use it.

Procure Connect, the government's e-procurement platform, is live and we continue to migrate the All-of-Government (AoG) panels from our website. We are offering fortnightly webinars to introduce the platform and to help agencies get started with Procure Connect.

Kaye talks to us about what was involved in helping build Aotearoa New Zealand’s first team of strategic procurement professionals.

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.