THE SYSTEM ISN'T BROKEN. IT'S RIGGED.
WE'RE FLIPPING THE BOARD.
WE DON'T LOBBY FOR PROFIT. WE LOBBY FOR YOU.
LOBBY FOR GOOD IS NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST PUBLIC INTEREST WATCHDOG ACTING LIKE A CIVIC LAW FIRM, FILING CASES, EXPOSING TRUTH, AND GIVING THE PUBLIC REAL POWER OVER DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THE GAME IS RIGGED.
WE'RE CHANGING THE RULES.
In local government today, developers and council insiders make high stakes decisions behind closed doors.
Public land gets sold off without tender. Community voices are sidelined. Transparency becomes optional, and accountability is nearly impossible.
Why? Because the rules are stacked.
The public takes all the risk.
The private players take all the reward.
We're changing that.
WHAT WE DO:
We use law, strategy, and people power to flip the system and protect the public interest.
Investigate – We expose what’s hidden in public documents, force transparency through legal requests, and uncover what’s really happening behind closed doors.
Litigate – We take on the system with strategic complaints, test cases, and legal reform where public protections have failed.
Activate – We train watchdogs, launch bold public campaigns, and organise people power to hold councils and publicly funded bodies to account.
Mission:
To investigate, expose, and reform decisions and systems that silence public voices.
Vision:
A country where transparency is the default, not the exception.
Why We Exist:
Too many public decisions are made behind closed doors.
Too many deals serve private interests, not public good.
Too many communities are left out of the room.
Lobby for Good was created to fight back with evidence, integrity, and a belief that the system should work for us, not against us.
IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT "SOMONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING."
THAT SOMEONE IS YOU
"There isn't just one bad deal. It's a pattern across years, governments, and structures."
— One of several whistleblowers who shared internal evidence with us
"IF WE CHANGE NOTHING, NOTHING WILL CHANGE"
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