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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.
- Overview of the Auditor-General’s work in the transport sector
- March 2012: This document gives an overview of the role of the Auditor-General and outlines the kind of advice and support that the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee can expect from us. It also provides a description of the transport sector and its strategic significance, and describes our work in general and, specifically, in the transport sector.
- Managing the implications of public private partnerships
- November 2011: This discussion paper has been written to inform public sector leaders and decision-makers considering partnering with the private sector about the general features of PPPs and the factors that are seen as important in sustaining an appropriate "enabling" environment for all PPPs...
- New Zealand Transport Agency: Delivering maintenance and renewal work on the state highway
- September 2011: This is the second of two reports presenting the findings of our performance audits on NZTA's maintenance and renewal of the network...
- New Zealand Transport Agency: Information and planning for maintaining and renewing the state highway network
- September 2010: NZTA had good descriptive and condition information about the state highway roads, and it had a planning framework that enabled it to use this information for day-to-day maintenance and renewal of the road network. However, not all of its information was complete, especially for structures such as bridges and tunnels. Its long-term planning was also incomplete at the time of our audit...
- The Civil Aviation Authority's progress with improving certification and surveillance
- June 2010: Our latest audit of the CAA looked at whether the CAA had addressed the 10 recommendations in our last report. Overall, progress has been inadequate and weaknesses that we identified previously still remain...
- Effectiveness of arrangements for co-ordinating civilian maritime patrols
- April 2010: We carried out a performance audit to examine how effectively maritime patrols were co-ordinated to support New Zealand's maritime interests...
- 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...
- 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...
- Competitive pricing of public passenger transport
- August 1992, ISBN 0 477 02833 0.
- The planning of roads
- March 1989, ISBN 0 477 02809 8.
