Conflicts of interest reports

Management of conflicts of interest in the three Auckland District Health Boards

November 2007: We looked at how conflicts of interest are dealt with in each of the three Auckland District Health Boards (the Auckland DHB, the Counties Manukau DHB, and the Waitemata DHB)...

Managing conflicts of interest: Guidance for public entities

June 2007: This guidance will be useful for all public entities, and relevant not only to people who exercise governance and management roles, but to everyone who works for or with a public entity...

Guidance for members of local authorities about the law on conflicts of interest

June 2007: This is a guide to the law about conflicts of interest for members of the governing bodies of territorial authorities, regional councils, tertiary institutions, and those other public bodies that are covered by the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968...

Part 5: Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968

Local government: Results of the 2004-05 audits.

Local authority codes of conduct

June 2006: The Local Government Act 2002 created a new legal requirement for each local authority to adopt a code of conduct for its elected members. We examined councils' experiences in developing and using their codes...

Part 9: Register of Pecuniary Interests of Members of Parliament

Central government: Results of the 2004-05 audits.

Inquiry into the Ministry of Health's contracting with Allen and Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists Limited

December 2005: The findings in this report are a reminder that public entities need to manage contracting for services to ensure two outcomes. The first is that they are receiving value for money. The second is that the risks of actual or perceived impropriety, especially those associated with concurrent or former employment with the entity, are managed in a transparent way...

Inquiry into certain aspects of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

December 2005: This audit and inquiry into Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA) followed a request for assurance from the then Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) in September 2004. There were concerns about possible conflicts of interest in transactions worth large sums of money. Other issues emerged as we began our inquiry...

Managing conflicts of interest in the public sector

November 2005, presentation to the LexisNexis Public Sector In-house Counsel Forum.

Cambridge High School's management of conflicts of interest in relation to Cambridge International College (NZ) Limited

October 2005: The findings of this inquiry highlight the need for schools to carefully consider the ethical dimensions of conflicts of interest...

5.1: Conflicts of interest

Local government: Results of the 2003-04 audits.

The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968: Issues and options for reform

June 2005: This report is a discussion paper, written to highlight what we see as difficulties with the current Act, and to suggest some options for how the Act might be improved...

Conflicts of interest involving Members of local authorities

April 2005, presentation to the 4th Annual LexisNexis Local Government Legal Forum.

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's management of conflicts of interest regarding the Computing Offered On-Line (COOL) programme

November 2004: The findings of this inquiry into how CPIT managed conflicts of interest regarding the Computing Offered On-Line programme emphasise the need for public entities to carefully consider the ethical dimensions of conflicts of interest...

Conflicts of interest - A guide to the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968 and non-pecuniary conflicts of interest

August 2004: This booklet is a guide to the law about conflicts of interest for members of the governing bodies of territorial authorities, regional councils, tertiary institutions, and those other public bodies that are covered by the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968...

2.7 Conflicts of Interest

Local government: results of the 2002-03 audits.

Inquiry into Expenses Incurred by Dr Ross Armstrong as Chairperson of Three Public Entities

December 2003: The matter of Dr Armstrong's expenses was the subject of a complaint to us by Hon Murray McCully MP following parliamentary and media comment. These events prompted us to instigate a detailed review in order to address more fully the issues raised...

Inquiry into Public Funding of Organisations Associated with Donna Awatere Huata MP

November 2003: In January 2003, Hon Richard Prebble MP, leader of the ACT New Zealand parliamentary party, asked the Auditor-General to inquire into certain allegations of financial impropriety involving one of his party’s list members, Donna Awatere Huata MP...

2.4 Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968 - Discussing and voting when interested

PDF of Part 2.4 within the report on the results of the 2001-02 local government audits.

Local government: Results of the 2001-02 audits

September 2003, ISBN 0-477-18107-8.