This is edition 2025/105 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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1. The End of New Zealand's “Good Chaps”
Bryce Edwards
- 💼 British journalist Simon Kuper's book "Good Chaps" diagnoses how corruption infiltrated British politics, once run on trust in "Good Chaps" who upheld unwritten rules.
- 🇬🇧 From the 1980s, this system collapsed, replaced by self-enriching "Bad Chaps" exploiting lax oversight and oligarch money.
- 💰 New Zealand faces similar risks with complacency about corruption, despite past high rankings in transparency.
- 🌏 Both countries' informal governance styles are vulnerable; recent reports highlight growing corruption threats in NZ.
- 🚨 Urgent reforms are needed in NZ: from a national anti-corruption strategy to modernizing laws and tightening oversight in vulnerable sectors.
