Key terms in this report

Summary of our fraud survey results for government departments.
In the text, tables, and graphs in this report, when we refer to central government entities or the central government sector, we mean the 11 different types of entities that we grouped together for the sake of analysis. They were:
  1. autonomous Crown entities;
  2. central government – other;
  3. Crown agents or companies;
  4. Crown research institutes;
  5. district health boards;
  6. government departments;
  7. independent Crown entities;
  8. Māori Trust Boards;
  9. Rural Education Activities Programmes;
  10. State-owned enterprises; and
  11. tertiary education institutions.
When we refer to local government entities or the local government sector, we mean the eight different types of entities that we grouped together for the sake of analysis. They were:
  1. airports;
  2. council-controlled organisations and council-controlled trading organisations;
  3. electricity lines businesses;
  4. fish and game councils;
  5. licensing and community trusts;
  6. local authorities;
  7. local government – other; and
  8. port companies.
We also refer to the public sector and all public entities, which means results from respondents in all the types of entities covered by our survey – local and central government and respondents who work in schools.
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