The Modern Regulator Podcast

Regulation as a craft: Keith Manch on building a profession

Keith Manch has spent nearly five decades regulating almost every major domain of New Zealand public life, from competition law and consumer affairs to gambling, real estate, maritime safety, aviation, and now land transport. In this episode he talks about regulation as a single discipline, the origins of G-REG and the National Regulators Community of Practice, the hard work of building capability across systems, and why he now says that regulation is a political act. The Modern Regulator (TMR) Podcast is for regulators and regulatory-adjacent professionals in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, and other stable democracies who care about the craft of regulation: stewardship, capability, posture, and practice rather than just politics. For more on this conversation, read the accompanying feature on TMR [https://themodernregulator.com/]. Subscribe to TMR's newsletter [https://themodernregulator.com/join-our-mailing-list/] for monthly analysis and practitioner insight. Follow TMR on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-regulator/] for new episodes and articles.