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Transport reports
A list of the reports, articles, and presentations produced by the Office of the Auditor-General that discuss transport-related issues or publicly-funded entities dealing with transportation.
- 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...
- Effectiveness of controls over the taxi industry: Follow-up report
- November 2007: Update on the action taken by Land Transport New Zealand to implement the 61 recommendations made in our 2005 report on the effectiveness of controls over the taxi industry...
- Assessing arrangements for jointly maintaining state highways and local roads
- June 2007: Transit New Zealand and district councils have separate statutory responsibilities for state highways and local roads respectively. In three districts, they have joined forces in different ways to manage and maintain local roads and state highways. We looked at how well these collaborative agreements are working, and what cost savings and other benefits they bring...
- Maritime Safety Authority: Progress in implementing recommendations of the Review of Safe Ship Management Systems
- December 2005: An independent review identified concerns with the Safe Ship Management System and made a number of recommendations. This audit looked at the progress the MSA has made in implementing the recommendations...
- Inquiry into the sale of Paraparaumu Aerodrome by the Ministry of Transport
- 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...
- Effectiveness of controls over the taxi industry
- June 2005: This audit looked at the Authority’s oversight of taxi organisations, passenger service licence holders, drivers, and course providers. Little progress has been made since our 1997 report. Inconsistent and inadequate monitoring and enforcing has led to widespread non-compliance...
- Civil Aviation Authority: Certification and surveillance functions
- June 2005: This is the third time that our Office has reviewed the surveillance function of the Civil Aviation Authority. Little action has been taken by the CAA to address the recommendations in our 1997 and 2000 audits...
- Progress in implementing key recommendations of the 1996 Transport Committee inquiry into truck crashes
- March 2005: This report assesses how quickly and effectively three Government agencies – the Police, the Ministry of Transport, and the Department of Labour – have implemented recommendations made in 1996 to reduce truck crashes. Although solid progress has been made, there has been a long delay in implementing 2 of those recommendations...
- Case Study 3: The Auckland Traffic Management Unit
- Local Authorities Working Together.
- Bringing Down the Road Toll: the Speed Camera Programme
- April 2002: Our examination considered whether speed cameras are being used effectively and efficiently, generating the maximum road safety benefits in contributing to bringing the road toll down...
- Civil Aviation Authority safety audits – follow-up audit
- December 2000: This report sets out the results of our follow-up audit of the Civil Aviation Authority’s conduct of safety audits of participants in the civil aviation industry...
- The planning of roads
- March 1989, ISBN 0 477 02809 8.
- Ministry of Transport: Road Transport Division
- March 1987, ISBN 0 477 02800 4.