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Inquiry into aspects of ACC's Board-level governance

Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 4:53 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

The Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, has decided to carry out an inquiry into how the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) manages risk at the Board level of the organisation. This document sets out the terms of reference for our inquiry. More >>

Report: Treasury and Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 5:07 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

On Sunday 12 October 2008, at the peak of the global financial crisis, the Government decided that it needed to implement a form of retail deposit guarantee scheme to avoid a flight of funds from New Zealand institutions to those in Australia. It needed ... More >>

Report: Managing freshwater quality

Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 3:01 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

Healthy streams, rivers, and lakes are important to our way of life. We want them to be clean enough to swim, play, and fish in, and to remain clean and healthy enough for our grandchildren to enjoy in years to come. Arguably, we have an obligation ... More >>

Use of parliamentary travel entitlements by Mr and Mrs Wong

Monday, 5 September 2011, 4:53 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

From the evidence we have been able to gather, we have concluded that the parliamentary travel entitlements were appropriately claimed during Mrs Wong’s years in Parliament in all but two instances... More >>

More benefit in fixing system than investigating Wong

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 3:59 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

The Auditor-General says that clarifying the rules and administration for spending by MPs and Ministers will do more public good than mounting another inquiry into MP Pansy Wong's travel expenses. More >>

Matters arising from Auckland Council planning doc

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 2:59 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

The reform of local government in Auckland brings with it new governance and accountability arrangements. These changes are an important aspect of the reform and significantly affect the audit work that I am required to do. More >>

Central government: Results of the 2009/10 audits Vol 1

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 2:57 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

The 2009/10 year has been a challenging one for many public entities. I am very aware that the global economic and financial crisis has focused the Government's attention on measures that can be taken to reduce public sector expenditure – while maintaining ... More >>

Report: Spending that could benefit Ministers

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 2:50 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

How the Department of Internal Affairs manages spending that could give personal benefit to Ministers. This is the ninth public report in 10 years by an Auditor-General about spending on parliamentary and ministerial support. This sort of public sector ... More >>

Heatley: Auditor-General's report

Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 4:10 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

On 2 March 2010, the Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, released terms of reference for an inquiry into certain types of expenditure in Vote Ministerial Services that provide or have the potential to provide private benefit to a Minister. The inquiry was initiated ... More >>

Overview: Public sector recruitment processes

Friday, 5 June 2009, 9:48 am | Controller and Auditor-General

The processes used to recruit Ms Thompson into roles at Manatū Māori, the Treasury, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) between 1989 and 1998 appear to have been reasonably standard. They reflected practices commonly used at ... More >>

Overview: Visa and permit decision-making

Friday, 5 June 2009, 9:46 am | Controller and Auditor-General

In my view, the quality assurance processes are inadequate and cannot effectively inform the Department about the overall quality of the visa and permit decisions that are made. More >>

New Executive Director for Audit New Zealand

Thursday, 16 October 2008, 1:07 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

Stephen (Steve) Walker has been appointed Executive Director of Audit New Zealand - the Auditor-General's business unit responsible for carrying out 80% of annual audits in the public sector. More >>

Auditor-General’s inquiry into Dev, West Coast

Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 4:19 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

The Auditor-General has decided to carry out an inquiry into aspects of the operations of the West Coast Development Trust (the Trust) now operating as Development West Coast. These terms of reference set out the full nature and scope of our inquiry ... More >>

Report: Advertising expenditure in 2005 Election

Thursday, 12 October 2006, 2:44 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

Advertising expenditure incurred by the Parliamentary Service in the three months before the 2005 General Election Summary More >>

Inquiry into aspects of Te Wânanga o Aotearoa

Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:16 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

My inquiry into Te Wânanga o Aotearoa (TWOA) found practices that are unacceptable for a public entity. I found poor record-keeping and a consistent lack of documentation. What documentation I did see was often incomplete. More >>

OAG Report Into Ross Armstrong's Expenses

Friday, 19 December 2003, 3:19 pm | Controller and Auditor-General

Inquiry into Expenses Incurred by Dr Ross Armstrong as Chairperson of Three Public Entities - December 2003 : ISBN 0-478-18113-2 More >>

Act Parliamentary Out-Of-Parliament Offices

Thursday, 26 June 2003, 10:33 am | Controller and Auditor-General

This letter outlines for you, in your capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), my decisions regarding recent requests that I conduct an inquiry into certain electorate and out-of-Parliament ... More >>