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...
December 2010: We discuss the purpose, audit, and content of Auckland Council's planning document, and set out our view of important matters to consider as the next long-term plan for Auckland is prepared...
December 2010, ISBN 978-0-478-32684-0 (print) and ISBN 978-0-478-32685-7 (online).
December 2010: We carried out a performance audit to examine the effectiveness of Sport and Recreation New Zealand in improving New Zealanders' participation in sport and physical recreation...
November 2010: We carried out a performance audit to determine whether the Department's administration of grants is consistent with the principles and expectations that we outlined in our good practice guide, "Public sector purchases, grants, and gifts: Managing funding arrangements with external parties"...
October 2010: Overall, almost all of the payments were made under contractual arrangements and in accordance with the Auckland transitional legislation...
October 2010: This guide is intended for members of local authorities. It focuses on the requirements of the Act that apply to members in decision-making at authority meetings and the capacity of members to contract with the authority of which they are a member...
October 2010, ISSN 1179-8963 (print), ISSN 1179-8971 (online).
September 2010: This document has been prepared to help district health boards (DHBs) further improve the effectiveness of the Get Checked diabetes programme...
September 2010: This report provides examples of good practice that we encourage, and some examples of poor practice, to help DHBs improve their own spending on supplies and services from external suppliers and providers...
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...
September 2010: All DHBs have after-hours services available for 95% of the population within 60 minutes' travel time. That said, most DHBs' plans could better consider affordability and transport barriers and the risks to those after-hours services continuing...
August 2010: This report outlines the results of, and matters arising from, our audits of local authorities' latest long-term council community plans (LTCCPs)...
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...
July 2010: We carried out a performance audit to examine how effectively and efficiently the Inland Revenue Department was managing child support debt...
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...
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...
June 2010, ISSN 1178-8488 (print), ISSN 1179-7339 (online).
June 2010: Our Office’s second report about how well the New Zealand Police are responding to the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Police conduct...
June 2010: This paper discusses the examples of better practice that we saw in performance measures within local authorities' 2009-19 long-term council community plans (LTCCPs). It has been prepared to promote discussion about improvement rather than be a technical guide on performance measures for various activities...
June 2010, ISBN 978-0-478-32645-1 (print), ISBN 978-0-478-32654-3 (online).
May 2010, ISSN 1179-7347 (print), ISSN 1179-7355 (online).
April 2010: This report sets out the actions public entities have taken in response to the recommendations made in performance audit reports that we published during 2008...
April 2010: We carried out a performance audit to examine how effectively maritime patrols were co-ordinated to support New Zealand's maritime interests...
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…
February 2010: We carried out a performance audit of eight local authorities to help us form a view about how well prepared the country is to meet the likely future demand for drinking water...
February 2010, ISBN 978-0-478-32647-5.
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...
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...
How the Department of Internal Affairs manages spending that could give personal benefit to Ministers
