Office of the Auditor-General search results http://www.oag.govt.nz A list of the reports produced as part of the Office's scheduled work programme. Performance audits examine matters of efficiency and effectiveness, waste, probity, compliance with statutory obligations, financial prudence, or any combination of these. daily 1 2006-12-07T22:57:28Z Ministry of Education: Supporting professional development for teachers http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/teachers-development 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... No publisher yashodha Education Performance audit 2008-08-26T02:12:36Z Folder Maintaining and renewing the rail network http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ontrack 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... No publisher yashodha Transport Performance audit 2008-07-01T02:04:08Z Folder Reporting the progress of defence acquisition projects http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/defence June 2008: An interim report setting out a high-level summary of cost and time frame changes for 10 defence projects... No publisher rachael Defence Performance audit 2008-06-26T01:57:45Z Folder Ministry of Education: Monitoring and supporting school boards of trustees http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/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... No publisher yashodha Education Performance audit 2008-06-26T02:14:04Z Folder The Accident Compensation Corporation's leadership in the implementation of the national falls prevention strategy http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/acc 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... No publisher yashodha Performance audit Central government 2008-06-18T02:07:10Z Folder Ministry of Social Development: Preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/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... No publisher yashodha Performance audit Central government 2008-06-18T02:03:47Z Folder Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation: Governance and management of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/superannuation 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... No publisher yashodha Performance audit 2008-05-29T02:09:18Z Folder Responses to the Coroner's recommendations on the June 2003 Air Adventures crash http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/caa 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... No publisher yashodha Performance audit 2008-05-27T02:51:53Z Folder Inland Revenue Department: Effectiveness of the Industry Partnership programme http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ird-partnerships April 2008: We looked at an IRD programme that sought to reduce the incidence of undeclared income from cash transactions... No publisher rachael Performance audit Central government 2008-04-15T02:05:10Z Folder New Zealand Trade and Enterprise: Administration of grant programmes - follow-up audit http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/nzte-grants March 2008: We assessed the extent to which New Zealand Trade and Enterprise had addressed the areas of concern identified in 2004 when we examined its administration of grant programmes... No publisher yashodha Funding/grant programmes Performance audit 2008-04-14T04:50:30Z Folder Mental health services for prisoners http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/prisoners-mental-health March 2008: We conducted a performance audit that focused on the effectiveness of the agencies' systems for delivering mental health services to sentenced and remand prisoners... No publisher yashodha Health Performance audit 2008-03-19T00:53:46Z Folder New Zealand Agency for International Development: Management of overseas aid programmes http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/nzaid January 2008: We examined the effectiveness of the New Zealand Agency for International Development's management of overseas aid programmes... No publisher yashodha Performance audit 2008-02-13T00:52:55Z Folder Liquor licensing by territorial authorities http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/liquor-licensing November 2007: Results of the performance audit we carried out to examine how DLAs were giving effect to the provisions of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989 - controlling the sale and supply of liquor to reduce alcohol-related harm... No publisher yashodha Performance audit 2007-11-20T00:57:03Z Folder Implementing the Māori Language Strategy http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/maori-language-strategy November 2007: We conducted a performance audit to see whether the lead agencies responsible for implementing the Strategy were carrying out their roles effectively... No publisher yashodha Maori Performance audit 2007-11-13T00:54:05Z Folder Management of conflicts of interest in the three Auckland District Health Boards http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/auckland-dhbs 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)... No publisher yashodha Health Performance audit Conflicts of interest 2007-11-07T00:54:38Z Folder