Office of the Auditor-General search results http://www.oag.govt.nz This is a list of the various publications (inquiries, performance audits, discussion papers, corporate documents, and speeches) produced in 2008 (the most recent items are listed first). daily 1 2008-09-25T21:17:41Z Housing New Zealand Corporation: Maintenance of state housing http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/state-housing December 2008: We carried out a performance audit to provide Parliament with assurance about the effectiveness of the systems and processes Housing New Zealand Corporation uses to maintain state housing... No publisher yashodha Performance audit 2008-12-16T01:05:04Z Folder MPs' guide to the Auditor-General http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/mps-guide-to-the-auditor-general December 2008: This booklet explains the role of the Controller and Auditor-General, the Auditor-General’s independence, the support the Auditor-General can provide to MPs, the statutory functions of the Auditor-General, and what the Auditor-General does not do... No publisher yashodha Corporate document 2008-12-10T23:22:42Z Folder Ministry of Health: Monitoring the progress of the Primary Health Care Strategy http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/primary-health October 2008: We audited how the Ministry of Health has monitored progress toward the Primary Health Care Strategy’s goals. Overall, the Ministry needs to review its measures to ensure that it can assess progress toward all of the goals in the Strategy’s vision statement... No publisher rachael Health Performance audit Central government 2008-11-20T03:31:23Z Folder Annual report for the year ended 30 June 2008 http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-report/2007-08 September 2008, ISBN 978-0-478-32618-5. No publisher yashodha Parliamentary Corporate document 2009-10-19T22:52:19Z Folder Spending public money wisely and well: how to put basic principles into practice http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/spending-wisely-and-well August 2008: A copy of the slides and the supporting paper presented by Nicola White at the New Zealand Law Society's CLE Ltd Administrative Law Intensive. No publisher rachael Funding/grant programmes Presentation Purchasing/contracting 2009-04-06T01:49:26Z Folder Ministry of Education: Supporting professional development for teachers http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/teachers-development August 2008: We carried out a performance audit that looked at the Ministry of Education's arrangements to support the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers after they have graduated from a teacher education programme... No publisher yashodha Education Performance audit 2008-08-26T02:12:36Z Folder Inquiry into the West Coast Development Trust http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/west-coast August 2008: The Auditor-General decided in October last year to conduct an inquiry into the operations of the West Coast Development Trust (the Trust), after receiving information on the workings of the Trust, including allegations of conflicts of interest... No publisher yashodha Inquiry 2008-11-20T04:53:54Z Folder Maintaining and renewing the rail network http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ontrack July 2008: We carried out a performance audit to provide assurance about the effectiveness of Ontrack’s systems for maintaining and renewing the rail network... No publisher yashodha Transport Performance audit 2008-07-01T02:04:08Z Folder Reporting the progress of defence acquisition projects http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/defence June 2008: An interim report setting out a high-level summary of cost and time frame changes for 10 defence projects... No publisher rachael Defence Performance audit 2008-06-26T01:57:45Z Folder Ministry of Education: Monitoring and supporting school boards of trustees http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/boards-of-trustees June 2008: Overall, the Ministry provides some useful training and general support for all boards. It also has good systems for supporting boards that are clearly at risk of poor performance. We have made nine recommendations... No publisher yashodha Education Performance audit 2008-06-26T02:14:04Z Folder Charging fees for public sector goods and services http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/charging-fees June 2008: This guide is intended for all public entities that have statutory authority to charge fees for the goods and services that they are obliged to provide... No publisher yashodha Guidance 2008-06-26T02:15:05Z Folder The Auditor-General's observations on the quality of performance reporting http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/performance-reporting June 2008: Overall, the poor quality of non-financial performance reporting by public entities is disappointing. It needs to improve significantly to allow Parliament and the public to hold public entities accountable for their use of taxes and rates... No publisher yashodha Parliamentary Performance reporting 2008-11-18T20:58:03Z Folder Local government: Results of the 2006/07 audits http://www.oag.govt.nz/local-govt/2006-07 June 2008, ISBN 978-0-478-32610-9. No publisher yashodha Parliamentary B.29 Local government 2008-06-24T02:33:27Z Folder Managing funding to non-government organisations – from principles to practice http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ngos-practice June 2008: We looked at how an entity put the principles and risk-based approach we expect into practice in its funding arrangements with NGOs... No publisher rachael Funding/grant programmes Purchasing/contracting 2008-09-15T22:40:52Z Folder Procurement guidance for public entities http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/procurement-guide June 2008: This guide outlines our view of the good practice that public entities should use to procure goods or services... No publisher yashodha Funding/grant programmes Guidance Purchasing/contracting 2008-06-19T02:08:03Z Folder