http://www.oag.govt.nz A list of the reports produced outside of the Office's scheduled work programme, as a result of the Auditor-General's decision to inquire into a public entity's use of resources. daily 1 2006-12-07T22:57:28Z http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/west-coast August 2008: The Auditor-General decided in October 2007 to conduct an inquiry into the operations of the West Coast Development Trust (the Trust), after receiving information on the workings of the Trust, including allegations of conflicts of interest... No publisher yashodha Inquiry 2008-08-07T02:05:32Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/dunedin-stadium September 2007: Letter advising of the outcome of our inquiry into the funding arrangements of the Dunedin City Council and Otago Regional Council for a new multi-purpose stadium proposed by the trustees of the Carisbrook Stadium Charitable Trust... No publisher yashodha Funding/grant programmes Inquiry Local government 2008-03-17T23:29:10Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/queenstown-lakes September 2007: Letter advising of the outcome of our inquiry into decisions made by the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the council-controlled organisation that it established to provide regulatory and resource management services for the district... No publisher yashodha Inquiry Purchasing/contracting Local government 2007-09-10T01:08:21Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2006/election-spending October 2006: In the three months before the General Election on 17 September 2005, the Auditor-General became concerned that electioneering material may have been paid for by the Parliamentary Service out of resources appropriated for MPs’ and parliamentary parties’ advertising... No publisher CJ Wells Parliamentary B.29 Inquiry Advertising 2007-03-02T02:49:52Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2006/hnzc-inquiry June 2006: The Board of Housing New Zealand Corporation asked me to consider undertaking an inquiry after allegations made by a former contractor of the Corporation appeared in the news media. The allegations were potentially serious, and warranted looking into... No publisher CJ Wells Inquiry Central government 2007-03-02T02:44:48Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2006/greens April 2006: This report sets out the outcome of our inquiry into the funding arrangements for the Green Party Ministerial liaison and relationship roles... No publisher CJ Wells Parliamentary Funding/grant programmes Inquiry 2007-03-02T02:30:47Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/moh 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... No publisher CJ Wells Inquiry Health Purchasing/contracting Central government Conflicts of interest 2007-03-02T03:33:47Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/twoa 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... No publisher CJ Wells Maori Central government Conflicts of interest Sensitive expenditure Inquiry Education Purchasing/contracting 2007-03-21T02:00:43Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/chs October 2005: The findings of this inquiry highlight the need for schools to carefully consider the ethical dimensions of conflicts of interest... No publisher CJ Wells Sensitive expenditure Education Inquiry Conflicts of interest 2007-03-02T03:30:50Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/paraparaumu September 2005: Although the sale of the Aerodrome took place more than a decade ago, the conduct of the sale provides a useful case study of a sale of a Crown-owned asset... No publisher CJ Wells Maori Inquiry Transport Central government 2007-03-02T03:29:52Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/electricity-inquiry July 2005: This report describes events leading up to the decision to appoint contractors, and analyses the practices followed. It also sets out our expectations of public entities involved in sole source procurement in circumstances where contestable procurement is impracticable... No publisher CJ Wells Inquiry Purchasing/contracting Central government 2007-03-02T03:25:42Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/cpit-cool 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... No publisher CJ Wells Education Inquiry Purchasing/contracting Conflicts of interest 2007-03-04T07:35:46Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/nz-on-airs-funding-of-nz-idol November 2004, letter to Deborah Coddington MP. No publisher rachael Inquiry 2007-01-25T00:07:22Z Page http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/working-for-families September 2004, letter to Hon Murray McCully MP. No publisher rachael Inquiry Advertising Central government 2007-02-21T20:10:40Z Page http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/scholarships October 2004: The Tertiary Education Commission raised concerns about the financial management of the scholarships by the Māori Education Trust, and the quality of the monitoring by the Ministry of Education... No publisher CJ Wells Funding/grant programmes Education Inquiry Central government 2007-03-04T07:31:33Z Folder