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Otago Regional Council: Applications To Auditor-General For Declarations And Exemptions
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 12:24 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
Otago Regional Council applied for exemptions and/or declarations under the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968 to enable certain councillors to take part in imminent decisions about freshwater management. There are two key overarching ... More >>
Auditor-General's Report Published - Reflecting On Our Work About Water Management
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 2:08 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Reflecting on our work about water management was presented to the House of Representatives today. Over the last two years we have been looking at how well public organisations are carrying out their water management ... More >>
Auditor-General's inquiry into Alpine Energy Limited
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 2:18 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Inquiry into Alpine Energy Limited’s decision to install solar equipment at a senior executive’s house was published on our website today. More >>
Central government: Results of the 2018/19 audits
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 2:19 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Central government: Results of the 2018/19 audits was presented to the House of Representatives today. This report summarises our audit of the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the year ended 30 ... More >>
Auditor-General releases report on “functional leadership"
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 2:13 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Using “functional leadership” to improve government procurement was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Schools audit results and Controller update published
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 2:17 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
We have published the results of the 2018 school audits on our website. More >>
Submission on the Public Finance (Wellbeing) Amendment Bill
Monday, 4 November 2019, 2:35 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Finance and Expenditure Committee is currently considering submissions on the Public Finance (Wellbeing) Amendment Bill. This Bill proposes new requirements for: • the Government to report annually on its wellbeing objectives in the Budget; ... More >>
Auditor-General's annual report and councillors' guide
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 2:16 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s Annual report 2018/19 was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Inquiry into Waikato DHB's procurement of services
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 2:20 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Inquiry into Waikato District Health Board’s procurement of services from HealthTap was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Crown investment in freshwater clean-up
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 2:26 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Crown investment in freshwater clean-up was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Managing freshwater quality: Challenges and opportunities
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 2:11 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Managing freshwater quality: Challenges and opportunities was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Auditor-General's letter and intentions published
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 2:54 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
Lawrence Yule MP wrote to our Office with concerns about the Department of Corrections' approach to procuring design and build services for rapid deployment of prison accommodation. We have published our response to Mr Yule on our website . More >>
Public accountability: A matter of trust and confidence
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 2:20 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s discussion paper Public accountability: A matter of trust and confidence was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Response to Parliamentary Service's report
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 5:40 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
In December 2018, the Auditor-General received a request to look into claims that a Member of Parliament asked a parliamentary support staff member to carry out political party work during work hours. On 18 February 2019, the Auditor-General wrote to the ... More >>
Paying teachers the minimum wage and salary assessments
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 2:24 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
31 July 2019: We have written back to Hon Nikki Kaye about concerns she raised with us over some teachers receiving less than the minimum wage, and about the apparent time taken to make teacher salary assessments. More >>
Letter published on Auditor-General website
Wednesday, 10 July 2019, 2:11 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
David Seymour MP wrote to our Office raising concerns about the involvement of Hon Shane Jones in the decision to grant $4.6 million to the Manea Footprints of Kupe Cultural Heritage and Education Centre through the Provincial Growth Fund. Mr Jones ... More >>
Auditor-General's letters published
Monday, 1 July 2019, 2:12 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
We’ve published two letters on our website today. The first is a letter to the chief executives and board chairs of district health boards summarising the main matters arising from the 2017/18 audits of district health boards. The main matters ... More >>
Auditor-General's Annual plan 2019/20 published
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 2:14 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s Annual plan 2019/20 was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
Using different processes to protect marine environments
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 2:12 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Using different processes to protect marine environments was presented to the House of Representatives today. New Zealand’s marine environment covers over 4 million square kilometres of ocean and is home to more than 15,000 ... More >>
Auditor-General's report and submission published on website
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 2:09 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General’s report Our 2018 work about local government was presented to the House of Representatives today. More >>
