Previous Auditors-General of New Zealand
Audit functions were initially carried out in the Colonial Secretary’s Office. From 1 January 1842 until the appointment of Dr Knight, accounts were certified by a board consisting of three Commissioners of Audit.
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1846-1878: Auditor-General |
1960-1965: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1867-1878: Comptroller of the Public Account |
1965-1970: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1896-1910: Controller and Auditor-General |
1970-1975: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1910-1922: Controller and Auditor-General |
1975-1983: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1922-1937: Controller and Auditor-General |
1983-1992: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1937-1939: Controller and Auditor-General |
1992-1994: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1939-1945: Controller and Auditor-General |
1995-2002: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1945-1952: Controller and Auditor-General |
2002-2009: Controller and Auditor-General |
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1952-1960: Controller and Auditor-General |
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Charles Knight MD, FRCS
Archibald Douglas Burns CBE
James Edward Fitzgerald CMG, BA (Cambridge)
Bernard David Arthur Greig CBE
James Kemmis Warburton
Keith Gillies CBE
Robert Joseph Collins
Alfred Charles Shailes CMG
George Frederick Colin Campbell CMG
Brian Henry Charles Tyler CBE
James Henry Fowler
Jeffrey Thomas Chapman
Cyril George Collins CMG
David John Douglas Macdonald QSO
John Porteous Rutherford CBE
Kevin Bernard Brady CNZM
Christopher Robert John Atkin CBE