The Coalition for Open Government was a political pressure group formed in the late 1970s to promote open government in New Zealand. The Coalition disbanded in the mid 1980s, but re-formed in April 2007, in response to Government plans to rewrite the election finance laws.
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The group formed in opposition to then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon's Think Big programme; It sought to allow greater access to government-held information. The pressure it exerted was important in the adoption of the Official Information Act 1982.
The group's patrons are Lloyd Geering, Patricia Grace, Anton Oliver and Paul Harris.