Each year, we provide a lot of advice to government bodies and other agencies, both domestically and internationally.

Domestically, we respond to requests on matters related to financial management and accountability from central agencies, departments, local authorities, sector organisations, professional bodies, and other public entities. We provide comments on draft legislation, Cabinet papers, policy proposals, and other matters.

We meet all reasonable requests for information and participation.

During the 2006/07 financial year, for example, we:

• provided input into the Treasury capital asset management work programme and its review of accountability documents;
• provided comments on central agency guidance for preparing departmental and Crown entity statements of intent and annual reports;
• continued to be represented on a range of committees of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, including the Financial Reporting Standards Board and the Professional Standards Board; and
• began providing substantial comment to the Society of Local Government Managers on “Towards 2009” to improve the local government sector’s response to preparing the 2009-19 LTCCPs.

Internationally, we worked with other Auditors-General to encourage, promote, and advance co-operation in the field of public audit. In particular, we:

• continued our role as Secretariat of the South Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (SPASAI), including acting as executing agent for the Pacific Regional Audit Initiative;
• continued our membership of various committees of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), including the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing and the INTOSAI Professional Standards Steering Committee, as well as acting as co-ordinator of the Australasian Council of Auditors-General/SPASAI Regional Working Group on Environmental Auditing;
• participated in the Global Working Group meeting of Auditors-General of Canada, Denmark, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States;
• attended regular meetings with our counterparts in Australia; and
• hosted a range of visitors from our international counterparts and other public sector bodies.

Page last updated: 23 October 2007

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