to date mwa has commissioned three major research reports realizing the opportunity addressing new zealand s leadership pipeline transforming cultures to grow women leaders and women on boards why women on company boards are good for business these publications have allowed mwa to base its strategies on a strong foundation of evidencebased research and advocacy for example in partnership with mwa nzx has introduced the nzx diversity listing rule which requires listed companies to report on the gender composition of their board of directors and senior managers the ministry has also worked with a group of private sector champions called the percent group