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Performance reporting
A list of reports produced by the Office of the Auditor-General that discuss performance information and how it is reported by public entities.
- AG-4 (revised): The audit of service performance reports
- Statements of intent: Examples of reporting practice
- June 2009: This discussion paper includes examples of reporting practice from the statements of intent of government departments and Crown entities, including statements of forecast service performance...
- The Auditor-General’s views on setting financial reporting standards for the public sector
- June 2009: The Auditor-General believes that major changes are needed to the way that financial reporting standards are set in New Zealand. He hopes this discussion paper will encourage constructive debate...
- Electricity Commission: Review of the first five years
- June 2009: This report is a discussion paper on the performance of the Electricity Commission against the objectives, outcomes, and performance standards set out in the Government Policy Statement...
- Forecast non-financial performance information reports: Guidance for entities
- March 2009: Guide to help entities understand the approach being taken by auditors to the review of forecast non-financial performance information reports...
- The Auditor-General's observations on the quality of 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...
- Forecasting and reporting performance: The search for the Holy Grail?
- February 2008, speech made by Kevin Brady, Auditor-General, at the After the Reforms Conference in Wellington.
- Matters arising from the 2006-16 Long-Term Council Community Plans
- June 2007: Preparing LTCCPs is a relatively new and complex process, so there is room for improvement. This report is intended to assist the next round of LTCCPs...
- Statements of corporate intent: Legislative compliance and performance reporting
- June 2007: Statements of corporate intent are designed to have an important accountability function for many public entities. In this report we make some specific recommendations, which the Auditor-General encourages all public entities required to produce a statement of corporate intent to follow...
- Reporting Public Sector Performance
- January 2002: We wrote this report to stimulate discussion about how public entities set direction, and measure and report performance. We wish to contribute to improvement in public entities’ accountability for their performance to Parliament, ratepayers and the public...
- Performance reporting for accountability purposes - lessons, issues, future
- Paper by Ann Neale & Bruce Anderson, March 2000.