All sectors

Browse by topic

We've got publications on all sorts of topics, like accountability, defence, local government, sensitive expenditure, water management... 

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Map of regions

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See what we've said about the performance of public organisations in your city, town, or region...

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Calendar

Browse by year

We have HTML versions of our publications from 2024 back to 2004. You can also search by financial year.

Earlier reports are only in PDF format. If you need a publication from before 1998, you'll need to contact us.

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Accountability

Accountability

Effective accountability means New Zealanders can see what governments are seeking to achieve, what is being spent, and what progress is being made...

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Climate change

Climate change

See what we've written for auditors, public organisations, and the public about climate change...

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Controller function

Controller function

A key part of our role is helping to ensure that all government spending is properly authorised and within the law. We do this through the Controller function...

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Crisis response and recovery

Crisis response and recovery

We've got a list of content about crisis responses and recovery work. Many of these reports contain useful lessons for responding quickly to events...

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Schools

Education and schools

Our published work covers all sorts of educational institutions - the Ministry of Education, schools, Te Pūkenga, polytechnics, universities, and wānanga...

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Environment

Environment

This collection is all the environmental work we've done - there's a separate list specifically about water management below...

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Health

Health

This collection covers everything from reports on ACC to the former district health boards and mental health services...

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Integrity

Integrity

We have a wide range of publications and interactive tools about integrity topics...

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Kaupapa Māori

Kaupapa Māori

We've written about a wide range of kaupapa Māori, from housing on Māori land to how well Whānau Ora is being managed...

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Performance reporting

Reporting on performance

Public organisations are responsible for reporting on their performance in a way that tells New Zealanders what has been achieved with their rates and taxes...

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Transport

Transport

Our transport work covers maritime, rail, road, and air transport, from taxi driver licensing and school bus tenders to maintaining the state highway network and Civil Aviation Authority safety systems...

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Water management

Water management

Our reports on water use and water management (irrigation, stormwater, freshwater, drinking water, marine reserves) go back to at least 1987...

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