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Auditor-General's report, Reflections from our audits
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 2:34 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Auditor-General's report, Reflections from our audits: Investment and asset management The Auditor-General’s Reflections from our audits: Investment and asset management was presented to the House of Representatives today. This is the fourth reflections ... More >>
Auditor-General: Managing the school property portfolio
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 2:52 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Managing the school property portfolio was presented to the House of Representatives today. The school property portfolio is one of the largest publicly owned portfolios of property assets. It is also arguably the most ... More >>
Auditor-General's report: 2016 Long-Term Fiscal Position
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 2:37 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Commentary on He Tirohanga Mokopuna: 2016 Statement on the Long-Term Fiscal Position was presented to the House of Representatives today. For this report, we reviewed the Treasury’s latest long-term fiscal statement, ... More >>
AG - Decision to grant Peter Thiel citizenship
Monday, 17 July 2017, 2:12 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
17 July 2017: On 23 February 2017, the Auditor-General received a request from Denise Roche MP to look into the the decision to grant citizenship to Peter Thiel. This is our response. 17 July 2017 More >>
Auditor-General's Annual Plan 2017/18 published
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 3:24 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s Annual Plan 2017/18 was presented to the House of Representatives today. It describes our 2017/18 work programme and signals our future work programmes for 2018/19 and 2019/20. Our work programme aligns well with our strategic intentions ... More >>
A-G's strategic intentions and Singapore Airlines response
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:29 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
We’ve published two publications on our website today: The Auditor-General’s strategic intentions to 2025 was presented to the House of Representatives today. It sets out the objectives our Office will focus on for the next eight years. As ... More >>
Auditor-General's report, Border security
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 2:40 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Border security: Using information to process passengers was presented to the House of Representatives today. This report looks at whether staff working on the frontline at major ports have the information they need to effectively ... More >>
Inquiry into the Saudi Arabia Food Security Partnership
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 2:16 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Inquiry into the Saudi Arabia Food Security Partnership was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Auditor-General's reports published today
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 2:36 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
This afternoon two of the Auditor-General’s reports were presented to the House of Representatives. More >>
Auditor-General's reports published this afternoon
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 2:11 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
This afternoon the New Zealand Auditor-General’s report Matters arising from the 2015-25 local authority long-term plans was presented to the House of Representatives. This report sets out the main findings and observations from our audits of local ... More >>
EQC: Canterbury Home Repair Programme – follow-up audit
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 4:00 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General has published her report Earthquake Commission: Managing the Canterbury Home Repair Programme – follow-up audit . This report looks at EQC’s progress in addressing the recommendations we made in our 2013 report about how it ... More >>
Award for Auditor-General’s outstanding contribution
Friday, 27 November 2015, 2:15 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
The Controller and Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, last night received an award for her outstanding contribution to public administration in New Zealand from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). More >>
Request for inquiry into swamp kauri regulation
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 2:33 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
In your email of 28 May 2015, you asked me to carry out a formal inquiry into how the Ministry for Primary Industries (the Ministry) and New Zealand Customs regulate and oversee the ancient swamp kauri industry (swamp kauri). I consider that we have done enough work now to address your concerns and report back to you. More >>
Auditor-General declines reuest on Mangawhai wastewater
Friday, 21 August 2015, 12:21 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
After careful consideration, the Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, has again declined to make a report under section 44 of the Local Government Act 2002 about any losses that may have been incurred by the Kaipara District Council for the Mangawhai community ... More >>
Consulting the community on local authorities' 10-year plan
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 2:13 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Consultation with the community is a fundamental part of the local government long-term planning process. It is very important that local authorities provide quality information to their communities so that "the right debate" can be held as they plan for the ... More >>
Reflections from our audits: Service delivery
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 5:03 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
My Office's vision is that our work improves the performance of, and the public's trust in, the public sector. We report independently on how taxes and rates are spent and how public entities perform. Our work on auditing all of New Zealand's public ... More >>
Auditor-General's inquiry terms of reference published
Friday, 29 May 2015, 10:56 am | Controller and Auditor-General
The Auditor-General has decided to carry out an inquiry into how the Queenstown Lakes District Council and its chief executive, Mr Adam Feeley, have managed the chief executive’s interest in land owned by his family being considered by the Council ... More >>
Health Promotion Agency – Katherine Rich
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 2:21 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
We are writing to you about a matter that has been raised with us by members of the public. More >>
Auditor-General’s findings: AgResearch’s Future Footprint
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 11:51 am | Controller and Auditor-General
On 23 July 2014, the Auditor-General received a request from Hon David Parker, Dr David Clark, and Clare Curran to investigate the development and implementation of AgResearch’s Future Footprint business case. Our response is set out below. More >>
Local government: Results of the 2013/14 audits
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 4:21 pm | Controller and Auditor-General
Challenging times continued for local authorities in 2013/14. Elected members, many in office for the first time, are being asked to respond to matters of growing complexity, urgency, and consequence. Decisions about significant infrastructure investments ... More >>
