Performance audit reports

Ministry of Education: Managing support for students with high special educational needs

October 2009: We carried out a performance audit to assess how well the Ministry of Education manages four initiatives set up to support school-age students that it assesses as having the highest level of intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities, speech language diffi culties, or behavioural needs...

Ministry of Social Development: Changes to the case management of sickness and invalids' beneficiaries

October 2009: Two years ago, the Ministry made changes designed to help sickness and invalids' beneficiaries prepare for, make the transition to, and stay in work. We looked at how well the changes were operating and whether they were starting to have the intended effect...

New Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the Defence Sustainability Initiative

September 2009: The Defence Sustainability Initiative was NZDF's 10-year programme to use more than $4 billion in extra funding, to improve the military and corporate capability of our defence forces. We looked at the progress NZDF made during the Initiative’s first three years...

Inland Revenue Department: Managing tax debt

June 2009: Although most taxpayers pay their tax on time, the Inland Revenue Department acknowledges that tax debt is growing at a rate that is outpacing its capacity to deal with it...

How government departments monitor Crown entities

June 2009: This report describes how well three government departments – the Department of Internal Affairs, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and the Ministry of Economic Development – support Ministers in meeting their responsibilities for selected autonomous Crown entities, Crown agents, and independent Crown entities...

Workforce planning in Crown Research Institutes

May 2009: We carried out a performance audit of the workforce planning within the Crown Research Institutes (CRIs). We focused on how CRIs identify their workforce needs, establish initiatives to address their needs, and monitor and evaluate those initiatives...

Performance audits from 2007: Follow-up report

March 2009: This report to Parliament sets out the actions taken in response to the findings of the 14 performance audits we completed in 2007...

Department of Corrections: Managing offenders on parole

February 2009: We carried out a performance audit to examine how effectively the Department of Corrections (the Department) manages offenders on parole. This audit has led to 20 recommendations...

Housing New Zealand Corporation: Maintenance of state housing

December 2008: We carried out a performance audit to provide Parliament with assurance about the effectiveness of the systems and processes Housing New Zealand Corporation uses to maintain state housing...

Ministry of Health: Monitoring the progress of the Primary Health Care Strategy

October 2008: We audited how the Ministry of Health has monitored progress toward the Primary Health Care Strategy’s goals. Overall, the Ministry needs to review its measures to ensure that it can assess progress toward all of the goals in the Strategy’s vision statement...

Ministry of Education: Supporting professional development for teachers

August 2008: We carried out a performance audit that looked at the Ministry of Education's arrangements to support the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers after they have graduated from a teacher education programme...

Maintaining and renewing the rail network

July 2008: We carried out a performance audit to provide assurance about the effectiveness of Ontrack’s systems for maintaining and renewing the rail network...

Reporting the progress of defence acquisition projects

June 2008: An interim report setting out a high-level summary of cost and time frame changes for 10 defence projects...

Ministry of Education: Monitoring and supporting school boards of trustees

June 2008: Overall, the Ministry provides some useful training and general support for all boards. It also has good systems for supporting boards that are clearly at risk of poor performance. We have made nine recommendations...

The Accident Compensation Corporation's leadership in the implementation of the national falls prevention strategy

June 2008: The Accident Compensation Corporation has carried out useful work leading the strategy, but progress has been uneven. We identified two matters for ACC's immediate attention - its leadership mandate and the evaluation framework...

Ministry of Social Development: Preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud

June 2008: Overall, the Ministry has good systems, policies, and procedures for preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud. We have made eight recommendations...

Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation: Governance and management of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund

May 2008: We carried out a performance audit of the Guardians to provide independent assurance to Parliament about whether the Superannuation Fund is being prudently governed and managed...

Responses to the Coroner's recommendations on the June 2003 Air Adventures crash

May 2008: At the Minister of Transport’s request, we looked at how the Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Transport considered, responded to, and reported on each of the Coroner’s recommendations...

Inland Revenue Department: Effectiveness of the Industry Partnership programme

April 2008: We looked at an IRD programme that sought to reduce the incidence of undeclared income from cash transactions...

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise: Administration of grant programmes - follow-up audit

March 2008: We assessed the extent to which New Zealand Trade and Enterprise had addressed the areas of concern identified when we last examined its administration of grant programmes...