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Do Your Measures Measure Up?
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 2:12 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Performance reporting by public organisations is crucial to enabling the public and Parliament to determine whether public money is being spent appropriately. When done well, this reporting clearly explains how well the public sector has used funding ... More >>
Do Your Measures Measure Up?
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 2:11 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Performance reporting by public organisations is crucial to enabling the public and Parliament to determine whether public money is being spent appropriately. When done well, this reporting clearly explains how well the public sector has used funding ... More >>
Unite For The Recovery Advertising
Friday, 24 July 2020, 1:36 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
24 July 2020: We have written back to the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union about its concerns over Unite for the Recovery advertising in some media. 24 July 2020 Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers' Union Tēnā koe Mr Williams UNITE ... More >>
Local Government Procurement
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 2:31 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Firstly I want to acknowledge the very challenging circumstances that you are faced with at the moment. Covid-19 has had a huge impact on all of us, and the communities we live in. I hope this finds you well, and that you and your staff are well placed ... More >>
Response to request to look at KiwiBuild
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 1:40 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
19 November 2019: In May 2019, Hon Judith Collins raised some concerns about KiwiBuild with our Office. We decided to look into those concerns as part of the 2018/19 annual audit of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. We have now completed that ... More >>
Controller update: July to December 2018
Monday, 1 April 2019, 2:10 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
1 April 2019: Most government spending for the first six months of 2018/19 has been properly authorised and is within the law. However, we have confirmed two instances that were not properly authorised. More >>
Managing stormwater systems to reduce the risk of flooding
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 2:28 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Auditor-General's report published, Managing stormwater systems to reduce the risk of flooding The Auditor-General’s report Managing stormwater systems to reduce the risk of flooding was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Snapshots of the timeliness of reporting
Thursday, 6 December 2018, 1:16 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Snapshots of the timeliness of reporting In late November, we wrote to the Finance and Expenditure Committee, providing an update on our 2015 report about the timeliness of reporting by public organisations during 2013/14. You can read the full letter ... More >>
Auditor-General writes to Council on buses
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 4:13 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General has written to Greater Wellington Regional Council regarding public concerns about aspects of the implementation of Wellington’s new bus network and services. More >>
Managing the supply of and demand for drinking water
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 2:14 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Auditor-General’s report, Managing the supply of and demand for drinking water The Auditor-General’s report Managing the supply of and demand for drinking water was presented to the House of Representatives today. We audited three district councils ... More >>
AG: Letter to Port Companies on audits
Friday, 22 June 2018, 1:05 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Port companies: matters arising from our 2016/17 audits 19 June 2018 Letter sent on 19 June 2018 to chief executives and chairs of port companies by Greg Schollum, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General giving a brief summary of the main matters ... More >>
AG: Observations from our 2016/17 central government audits
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 5:48 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Observations from our 2016/17 central government audits 16 May 2018 Letter sent on 16 May 2018 to chief executives of government departments and Crown entities by Greg Schollum, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General sharing some observations on common ... More >>
New Controller and Auditor-General
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 4:53 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
12 April 2018 The Officers of Parliament Committee recommended on 11 April 2018 to the House of Representatives the appointment of John Michael Ryan as the next Controller and Auditor-General for a term not exceeding seven years. More >>
How the Overseas Investment Office uses information
Thursday, 12 April 2018, 2:11 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report How the Overseas Investment Office uses information was presented to the House of Representatives today. In this report, we discuss how the Overseas Information Office (OIO) uses information to review applications from ... More >>
Results of the 2016 school audits published
Monday, 18 December 2017, 2:17 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
We’ve published the results of the 2016 school audits on our website. This includes the types of audit opinions we issued and the matters we identified from our audits. We have provided this information to the Secretary for Education. More >>
Auditor-General: Central government: Results of audits
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 2:27 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Auditor-General’s report, Central government: Results of the 2016/17 audits The Auditor-General’s report Central government: Results of the 2016/17 audits was presented to the House of Representatives today. This report sets out the results ... More >>
Results of the 2016 Audits of Tertiary Education Institution
Friday, 1 December 2017, 10:18 am | Controller and Auditor-General
Letter sent on 28 November 2017 to Ms Sarah Dowie MP, Chairperson of the Education and Workforce Committee, House of Representatives. More >>
Auditor-General: work programme – Water management
Thursday, 26 October 2017, 4:51 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Kia ora In our Annual Plan 2017/18 , we said that the theme of our annual work programme would be Water . Today, we’ve published our report Introducing our work programme – Water management . This report describes in further detail why we are interested ... More >>
A-G's report: Ministry of Social Development
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 2:12 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Auditor-General’s report, Ministry of Social Development: Using a case management approach to service delivery – Progress in responding to the Auditor-General's recommendations More >>
Statement from the Deputy Controller and Auditor-General
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 3:06 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
I acknowledge Martin Matthews’ decision to resign from the role of Controller and Auditor-General. On behalf of the Office, I thank Martin for the positive contribution he made to the Office during his short time in the role. More >>
