Editing Whistleblowing (section)

=== New Zealand ===
In New Zealand, the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022 No 20 (as at 01 July 2024), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation |url=https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2022/0020/latest/whole.html |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=legislation.govt.nz}}</ref> provides protection to whistleblowers under some circumstances. A wide range of workers are covered, including employees, volunteers and contractors, and the legislation covers both public and private sector organisations.<ref name="ombudsman.parliament.nz">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Protections for whistleblowing {{!}} Ombudsman New Zealand |url=https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/what-we-can-help/serious-wrongdoing-work-whistle-blowing/protections-whistle-blowing |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=www.ombudsman.parliament.nz }}</ref> Protection is limited to serious misconduct, and disclosure by workers it does not cover others who learn of serious misconduct. To be protected by the Act the disclosure must be to an Appropriate Authority<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Make a protected disclosure {{!}} Ombudsman New Zealand |url=https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/make-protected-disclosure |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=www.ombudsman.parliament.nz }}</ref> this means that disclosure to the media is not protected. Whistleblowers covered by the Act are protected from civil, criminal and disciplinary procedures as well as retaliation, in most cases their identities must be kept confidential.<ref name="ombudsman.parliament.nz"/> The Act also requires that [[Public service]] agencies must have internal processes to support whistleblowing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022 |url=https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/publications/protected-disclosures-act-2022 |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission }}</ref>

This Act replaced and extended the [[Protected Disclosures Act 2000]]. The genesis of the legislation was advocacy by [[John Robertson (ombudsman)|Sir John Robertson]] in the 1980s, at the time [[Office of the Ombudsman (New Zealand)|New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Te Ara: Ombudsmen – whistleblowing |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/ombudsmen-and-officers-of-parliament/page-5 }}</ref> The subsequent high-profile case of whistleblower Neil Pugmire who raised concerns about the release of dangerous mental health patients led to the 2000 act.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-28 |title=Law would not cover man who inspired it |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/law-would-not-cover-man-who-inspired-it/KGXONNNS2GQU4PLBGXXEOYZ6BU/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=NZ Herald }}</ref>