Appendix 3: List of our major reports completed in 2011/12

Annual Report 2011/12.

Performance audits

New Zealand Customs Service: Providing assurance about revenue (published 5/7/11)
Home-based support services for older people (published 12/7/11)
Planning to meet the forecast demand for drinking water in Auckland (letter published 17/8/11)
Government planning and support for housing on Māori land (published 6/9/11)
New Zealand Transport Agency: Delivering maintenance and renewal work on the state highway network (published 27/9/11)
Managing freshwater quality: Challenges for regional councils (published 27/9/11)
The Treasury: Implementing and managing the Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme (published 4/10/11)
Transpower New Zealand Limited: Managing risks to transmission assets (published 4/10/11)
Report on Defence major projects report (published 15/11/11)
New Zealand Blood Service: Managing the safety and supply of blood products (published 14/2/12)
Public entities' progress in implementing the Auditor-General's recommendations 2012 (published 3/5/12)
New Zealand Qualifications Authority: Assuring the consistency and quality of internal assessment for NCEA (published 31/5/12)
Institutional arrangements for training, registering, and appraising teachers (published 12/6/12)
Realising benefits from six public sector technology projects (published 27/6/12)

Inquiries

Inquiry into the use of parliamentary travel entitlements by Mr and Mrs Wong (published 5/9/11)
Inquiry into how Christchurch City Council managed conflicts of interest when it made decisions about insurance cover (published 19/4/12)

Other reports and studies

Local government: Improving the usefulness of annual reports (published 27/9/11)
Managing the implications of public private partnerships (published 17/11/11)
Severance payments: A guide for the public sector (published 20/3/12)
Summary of our fraud survey results - individual volumes for nine different sectors (last volume published 1/6/12):
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for government departments
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for local authorities
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for district health boards
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for tertiary education institutions
  • Summary of our fraud survey results (for Crown research institutes, Autonomous Crown entities, Crown agents or companies, Independent Crown entities, and Central government – other)
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for schools
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for local government entities
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for State-owned enterprises
  • Summary of our fraud survey results for licensing and community trusts
Fraud awareness, prevention, and detection in the public sector (published 19/6/12)
Reviewing financial management in central government (published 28/6/12)
Appointing public sector auditors and setting audit fees (published 10/8/11)
The Emissions Trading Scheme – summary information for public entities and auditors (published 25/8/11)
Overview of the Auditor-General's work in the transport sector (published 5/4/12)
District Health Boards: Quality annual reports (published 25/6/12)

Reports on matters arising out of the performance and exercise of the Auditor-General's functions, duties, and powers (under section 20 of the Public Audit Act 2001)

Central government: Results of the 2010/11 audits (Volume 1) (published 21/12/11)
Education sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits (published 21/12/11)
Health sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits (published 6/3/12)
Central government: Results of the 2010/11 audits (Volume 2) (published 7/3/12)
Local government: Results of the 2010/11 audits (published 5/4/12)

Note. The first 22 reports are funded from Output class: Performance audits and inquiries. See page 53 for measure and results.

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