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Inquiry reports
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.
- Inquiry into the use of parliamentary travel entitlements by Mr and Mrs Wong
- September 2011: This report sets out our conclusions on our inquiry into the use of parliamentary travel entitlements by Mr and Mrs Wong, while Mrs Wong was a member of Parliament (MP)...
- Letter to the Chief Executives
- Planning to meet the forecast demand for drinking water in Auckland.
- Our review of the Northland Events Centre Project
- 17 May 2011
- Provision of billboard for Len Brown's Mayoral Campaign
- 22 February 2011
- How the Department of Internal Affairs manages spending that could give personal benefit to Ministers
- December 2010: This is the report of the second part of the Auditor-General's inquiry into certain types of expenditure in Vote Ministerial Services. Overall, we have concluded that the current system for providing support to Ministers has flaws at each of the levels we examined. The system functions but, cumulatively, the problems are significant...
- Inquiry into payments to chief executives of dissolving local authorities in Auckland
- October 2010: Overall, almost all of the payments were made under contractual arrangements and in accordance with the Auckland transitional legislation...
- Inquiry into the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board
- August 2010: We looked in some detail at how the Board's functions were working. We found problems that included unclear or non-existent policies, poor communication, poor processes, and decisions and policies that were not clearly well-grounded in the legislation...
- Inquiry into New Zealand Defence Force payments to officers seconded to the United Nations
- July 2010: We carried out an inquiry into several matters associated with the payment of accommodation assistance by NZDF to four officers who it seconded to the UN in New York for different periods between 2001 and 2008...
- Auditor-General's inquiry into certain types of expenditure in Vote Ministerial Services – Part 1
- March 2010: First part of the Auditor-General's inquiry into certain types of expenditure in Vote Ministerial Services – the audit of expenditure incurred by Mr Phil Heatley’s ministerial office…
- Auckland City Council: Management of footpaths contracts
- February 2010: We have concluded that the Council’s processes and procedures for managing footpaths work – while still evolving – are reasonable and have been applied adequately. We are satisfied that the Council has protected the interests of ratepayers throughout its management of footpaths contracts...
- Auckland Regional Council: Management of the LA Galaxy event at Mount Smart Stadium
- January 2010: We have concluded that, despite the efforts of the council officers involved, the loss occurred because the LA Galaxy/Oceania "All Stars" match was in essence the wrong event, at the wrong time, for the wrong price...
- Investigation into conflicts of interest of four councillors at Environment Canterbury
- December 2009: We have concluded that the councillors have breached section 6(1) of the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968. However, we have decided that a prosecution would be unlikely to result in a conviction and that it would not be appropriate in these circumstances to seek to have the councillors prosecuted...
- How the Thames-Coromandel District Council managed leasing arrangements for Council land in Whitianga
- November 2009: Although our findings are of greatest interest to people in the Thames-Coromandel district, we note that most local authorities have extensive land holdings. Our findings from this inquiry reinforce the importance for all local authorities to have in place effective systems and processes to manage their land well on behalf of their communities...
- Auditor-General's decision on parliamentary and ministerial accommodation entitlements
- October 2009: In September, the Auditor-General received some requests to inquire into the way parliamentary and ministerial accommodation entitlements are administered and how they have been applied in relation to Hon Bill English. We gathered extensive background information on the two systems for administering accommodation entitlements and analysed their application to individual circumstances, including those of Mr English...
- How the Ministry of Education managed the 2008 national school bus transport tender process
- October 2009: Overall, the Ministry’s procurement approach was sound. No process is perfect, and we found a number of areas for improvement that we expect the Ministry to address in any subsequent bus tender processes...
- Inquiry into immigration matters (Volume 1)
- May 2009: Volume 1 of our inquiry into immigration matters, looking at visa and permit decision-making and other issues...
- Inquiry into immigration matters (Volume 2)
- May 2009: Volume 2 of our inquiry report about immigration matters. This volume deals with the public sector recruitment processes involving Mary Anne Thompson and related issues...
- Inquiry into alleged breach of the Local Authorities (Members' interests) Act 1968
- 28 April 2009
- Inquiry into Christchurch City Council's five property purchases
- January 2009, letter to Mr Tony Marryatt, Chief Executive of Christchurch City Council.
- Inquiry into the West Coast Development Trust
- August 2008: The Auditor-General decided in October last year 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...
