http://www.oag.govt.nz/ The Auditor-General (Kevin Brady) gives Parliament independent assurance over the performance and accountability of public organisations. webmaster@oag.govt.nz en-nz Office of the Auditor-General monthly 1 http://www.auditnz.govt.nz/careers/vacancies We are seeking a new Executive Director for Audit New Zealand... start=2008-07-18; end=2008-08-04T17:00:00+12:00 20080718-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ontrack/ We carried out a performance audit to provide assurance about the effectiveness of Ontrack's systems for maintaining and renewing the rail network... start=2008-07-01; end=2008-08-01T17:00:00+12:00 20080701-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/boards-of-trustees/ We carried out a performance audit to examine the effectiveness of the Ministry of Education's monitoring of, and support for, school boards of trustees in their governance role... start=2008-06-27; end=2008-07-27T17:00:00+12:00 20080627-0003-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/defence An interim report setting out a high-level summary of cost and time frame changes for 10 defence projects... start=2008-06-27; end=2008-07-27T17:00:00+12:00 20080627-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/charging-fees/ This guide is intended for all public entities that have statutory authority to charge fees for the goods and services that they are obliged to provide... start=2008-06-27; end=2008-07-27T17:00:00+12:00 20080627-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/performance-reporting/ Discussion paper on the poor quality of non-financial performance reporting by public entities... start=2008-06-25; end=2008-07-25T17:00:00+12:00 20080625-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/local-govt/2006-07/ This report tells Parliament and the local government sector about matters arising from our audits of the sector, and comments on various financial management and reporting, governance, and administration issues... start=2008-06-24; end=2008-07-24T17:00:00+12:00 20080624-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ngos-practice/ We looked at how an entity put the principles and risk-based approach we expect into practice in its funding arrangements with NGOs... start=2008-06-19; end=2008-07-19T17:00:00+12:00 20080619-0003-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/procurement-guide/ This guide outlines our view of the good practice that public entities should use to procure goods or services... start=2008-06-19; end=2008-07-19T17:00:00+12:00 20080619-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/funding-arrangements/ The aim of this guide is to help public entities make informed decisions and manage risks when funding an external party... start=2008-06-19; end=2008-07-19T17:00:00+12:00 20080619-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/benefit-fraud/ Overall, the Ministry has good systems, policies, and procedures for preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud. We have made eight recommendations... start=2008-06-18; end=2008-07-18T17:00:00+12:00 20080618-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/acc/ 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... start=2008-06-18; end=2008-07-18T17:00:00+12:00 20080618-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/superannuation/ 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... start=2008-05-29; end=2008-06-29T17:00:00+12:00 20080529-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-plan/2008-09/ Our annual plan indicates how the Controller and Auditor-General intends to discharge his duties and apply resources made available to him in the forthcoming financial year... start=2008-05-22; end=2008-06-22T17:00:00+12:00 20080522-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/central-govt/2006-07/ We discuss matters arising from the 2006/07 audits, and other matters that we believe warrant consideration by Parliament... start=2008-05-21; end=2008-06-21T17:00:00+12:00 20080521-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/careers/ Sector Manager start=2008-05-15; end=2008-06-03T17:00:00+12:00 20080515-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/caa/ Every three years we publish the minimum standards to be applied to audits, inquiries, and other auditing services conducted on behalf of the Auditor-General...... start=2008-05-13; end=2008-06-13T17:00:00+12:00 20080513-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/caa/ 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... start=2008-05-08; end=2008-06-08T17:00:00+12:00 20080508-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/whats-new/2008/hawkes-bay-dhb/ The Auditor-General has announced his decision in response to requests for further inquiry into the Hawkes Bay District Health Board... start=2008-04-17; end=2008-05-17T17:00:00+12:00 20080417-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/ird-partnerships We looked at IRD's programme that sought to reduce the incidence of undeclared income from cash transactions. Overall, it had some positive benefits for IRD and taxpayers... start=2008-04-15; end=2008-05-15T17:00:00+12:00 20080415-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/audit-committees/ This guide sets out the principles and good practices needed to set up and effectively operate an audit committee in the public sector... start=2008-04-08; end=2008-05-08T17:00:00+12:00 20080408-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-plan/draft-annual-plan-2008-09/ Our draft annual plan has been presented to Parliament... start=2008-04-08; end=2008-05-08T17:00:00+12:00 20080408-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/nzte-grants/ We assessed the extent to which New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has addressed the areas of concern identified in 2004 when we examined its administration of grant programmes... start=2008-03-20; end=2008-04-203T17:00:00+12:00 20080320-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/prisoners-mental-health/ We conducted a performance audit that focused on the effectiveness of the agencies' systems for delivering mental health services to sentenced and remand prisoners... start=2008-03-19; end=2008-04-19T17:00:00+12:00 20080319-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/careers/ Human Resources Manager start=2008-03-14; end=2008-03-25T17:00:00+12:00 200800314-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/speeches/forecasting-and-reporting-performance/ Speech made by Kevin Brady, Auditor-General at the After the Reforms Conference, Wellington.... start=2008-03-14; end=2008-04-14T17:00:00+12:00 20080314-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/careers/ Team Leader Corporate Support start=2008-02-29; end=2008-03-10T17:00:00+12:00 20080229-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/nzaid/ The Auditor-General's report on NZAID's management of overseas aid programmes was tabled in Parliament this afternoon... start=2008-02-13; end=2008-03-13T17:00:00+12:00 20080213-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/liquor-licensing/index.htm We looked at how territorial authorities were managing their liquor licensing responsibilities under the Sale of Liquor Act 1989. The audit identified some important areas for improvement... start=2007-11-20; end=2007-12-20T17:00:00+12:00 20071120-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/taxi-industry/index.htm 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... start=2007-11-16; end=2007-12-16T17:00:00+12:00 20071116-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/maori-language-strategy/index.htm We conducted a performance audit to see whether the lead agencies responsible for implementing the Strategy were carrying out their roles effectively... start=2007-11-13; end=2007-12-13T17:00:00+12:00 20071113-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/auckland-dhbs/index.htm 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)... start=2007-11-07; end=2007-12-10T17:00:00+12:00 20071107-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/whats-new/2007/development-west-coast The Auditor-General has decided to carry out an inquiry into aspects of the operations of the West Coast Development Trust (now operating as Development West Coast)... start=2007-10-29; end=2007-11-29T17:00:00+12:00 20070929-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-report/2006-07/index.htm Annual report for the year ended 30 June 2007... start=2007-10-09; end=2007-10-10T17:00:00+12:00 20071009-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/dunedin-stadium/index.htm The outcome of our inquiry into the funding arrangements of the Dunedin City Council and Otago Regional Council for a proposed multi-purpose stadium is now available on the website... start=2007-09-24; end=2007-10-10T17:00:00+12:00 20070924-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/decision-making/index.htm This guide sets out the Auditor-General's and the local government sector's views on current good practice. The guide updates our 1998 report, and should be useful for local authorities and the public... start=2007-09-20; end=2007-10-10T17:00:00+12:00 20070920-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/queenstown-lakes/index.htm Letter advising of the outcome of the inquiry into decisions made by the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the council-controlled organisation that it established to provide regulatory and resource management services for the district. start=2007-09-10; end=2007-10-10T17:00:00+12:00 20070910-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/local-govt/ltccp/ Preparing LTCCPs is a relatively new and complex process, so there is room for improvement. This report is intended to assist the next round of LTCCPs for 2009-19... start=2007-06-28; end=2007-07-28T17:00:00+12:00 20070628-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/local-govt/2005-06/ This report tells Parliament and the local government sector about matters arising from our audits, describes examples of our expectations of best practice on various matters, makes some observations on development contributions, and provides the findings from some performance audits carried out during the year that affect local government... start=2007-06-28; end=2007-07-28T17:00:00+12:00 20070628-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/nzdmo We looked at NZDMO's performance in managing the Crown's public debt and financial asset portfolios. This report is very technical because of the specialist functions undertaken by NZDMO. Non-technical readers can be assured that the audit did not identify any fundamental concerns with the performance of NZDMO... start=2007-06-27; end=2007-07-27T17:00:00+12:00 20070627-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/corporate-intent Statements of corporate intent are designed to have an important accountability function for many public entities. In this report we make some specific recommendations, which the Auditor-General encourages all public entities required to produce a statement of corporate intent to follow... start=2007-06-27; end=2007-07-27T17:00:00+12:00 20070627-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/roading 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... start=2007-06-26; end=2007-07-26T17:00:00+12:00 20070626-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/immigration The Department has systems, processes, procedures, and relationships with relevant external agencies in place for the prevention, detection, and investigation of identity fraud within the skilled migrant and United Nations quota refugee entry categories. However, we noted several areas where improvements need to be made... start=2007-06-26; end=2007-07-26T17:00:00+12:00 20070626-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/sustainable-development The Programme of Action sought real change in the way central government works, including how it works with local government. Our audit identified some implications for central and local government in areas such as governance, management, and accountability... start=2007-06-21; end=2007-07-21T17:00:00+12:00 20070621-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/customs-service We conducted a performance audit that assessed the Service's arrangements for collecting customs duties, excise, and Goods and Services Tax on imported goods. The Service's arrangements for collecting customs revenue are sound, and its information technology systems are performing effectively... start=2007-06-19; end=2007-07-19T17:00:00+12:00 20070619-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/diabetes In order to make the programme more effective, improvements need to be made to the quality of programme data and how the data is used. Better use can be made of the data to inform the provision of diabetes care at primary and secondary care levels... start=2007-06-19; end=2007-07-19T17:00:00+12:00 20070619-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/conflicts-public-entities This guidance will be useful for all public entities, and relevant not only to people who exercise governance and management roles, but to everyone who works for or with a public entity... start=2007-06-12; end=2007-07-12T17:00:00+12:00 20070612-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/conflicts-members This is a guide to the law about conflicts of interest for members of the governing bodies of territorial authorities, regional councils, tertiary institutions, and those other public bodies that are covered by the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968... start=2007-06-12; end=2007-07-12T17:00:00+12:00 20070612-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/tpk-grants This audit examined the effectiveness and efficiency of the systems and processes Te Puni Kokiri uses to administer its grant programmes. Several areas could be improved... start=2007-05-23; end=2007-06-23T17:00:00+12:00 20070523-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/nzqa-monitoring Strong quality assurance systems are an important part of a well-functioning tertiary education system, as they provide assurance that the education being provided is of an acceptable quality... start=2007-05-22; end=2007-06-22T17:00:00+12:00 20070522-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/annual-plan/2007-08 Significant changes in the accounting and auditing profession and in the legislative and operating environments of public entities continue to have a major effect on our work. Increasingly high public expectations and scrutiny, and increasing complexity for those preparing financial reports and those auditing them, mean that financial expertise and audit assurance expertise are in high demand... start=2007-05-22; end=2007-06-22T17:00:00+12:00 20070522-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/waste-management While all territorial authorities had prepared waste management plans, some of the plans were out of date or did not contain all the information we expected. In many cases, it was unclear whether the plans had been formally adopted... start=2007-05-01; end=2007-06-01T17:00:00+12:00 20070501-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/central-govt/2005-06/ This report raises a number of matters (related both directly and indirectly to events occurring in the 2005/06 financial year) that we believe warrant consideration by Parliament.... start=2007-04-05; end=2007-05-05T17:00:00+12:00 20070405-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/whats-new/2007/auckland-regional-dhbs/ The Auditor-General has announced the terms of reference for a performance audit into the Auckland regional DHBs' systems and processes for managing conflicts of interest... start=2007-04-03; end=2007-05-03T17:00:00+12:00 20070403-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/non-casino-gaming/ I felt it timely to review the effectiveness of controls on non-casino gaming machines because of the large amount of money placed in the machines (estimated by the Department of Internal Affairs at more than $8,500 million annually), the potential for the machines to cause harm in the form of problem gambling, the amount of funds from the machines going to clubs and the wider community, and a relatively new legislative framework covering gambling... start=2007-02-27; end=2007-03-27T17:00:00+12:00 20070227-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/sensitive-expenditure/index.htm These guidelines are our view of good practice that public entities should use to control sensitive expenditure. The guidelines outline expectations and guidance that we may use when carrying out performance audits or inquiries under section 16 or section 18 respectively of the Public Audit Act 2001, or in annual financial audits.... start=2007-02-21; end=2007-03-21T17:00:00+12:00 20070221-0002-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand http://www.oag.govt.nz/whats-new/our-website-has-been-redesigned We're now using an open-source content management system (see http://plone.org), and we're working on our site's usability and accessibility... start=2007-02-12; end=2007-03-12T17:00:00+12:00 20070212-0001-OAG Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand