Appendix 3: Summary of our multi‐year work programme

Housing system oversight and planning

Planning of significant housing and urban development projects

Extended annual audit work on KiwiBuild

Housing system oversight and planning

Homelessness

Access to health services

Information and communications technology (ICT) systems and services

Health system sustainability

Helping children at risk of disadvantage or disengagement to succeed in their education:

• data-led sector scan

Tertiary education system performance – underlying
financial sustainability of tertiary education
institutions and international comparisons

Helping children at risk of disadvantage or disengagement to succeed in their education - review one or two sector initiatives focusing on:

• closing the attainment gap between Māori and Pasifika learners, and learners generally
• encouraging and securing improved attendance at school

Tertiary education system performance: Work
will be informed by previous data analysis work
and the environment at the time

Helping children at risk of disadvantage or disengagement to succeed in their education – review one or two sector initiatives focusing on:

• outcomes for children who need learning support
• managing children with problem behaviour

Tertiary education system performance: Continuing
to build on previous work, informed by earlier data
analysis and the environment at the time

Whānau Ora

Māori perspectives on accountability

Embedding well-being into public sector planning: Phase 1, central government

Monitoring progress of public sector planning for well-being: Phase 2, local government

Resilience to climate change: Local government – long-term plans

Local government risk management - stocktake of approach and reporting results

Canterbury earthquakes – 10 years on, lessons learned

Resilience to climate change: Local government – long-term plans (complete our analysis and report our findings)

Preparedness for response and planning for recovery: Central and local government

Resilience to climate change: National leadership – Zero Carbon Act

Risk and resilience planning: Central government

Performance audit work on integrity:

• targeted performance audits in local government

Developing integrity tools and supporting resources for external and internal use:

• complete the landscape/framework
• development of a self-assessment tool or survey
• internal resources and training

Creating discussion and promoting good practice:

• exploring different avenues to get the integrity message out

Performance audit work on integrity:

• targeted performance audit of a central government organisation
• examining how integrity agencies in the public sector are working together to provide leadership

Developing integrity tools and supporting resources:

• supporting and encouraging the uptake of integrity tools and resources across the public sector
• undertaking proactive inquiries and other review work to test how public organisations are applying the integrity framework
• building integrity checks into standard audits

Creating discussion and promoting good practice:

• continuing to build the discussion on integrity using the different platforms identified

Performance audit work on integrity:

• targeted performance audit, focusing on central government and government-funded organisations

Developing integrity tools and supporting resources:

• providing training and guidance on integrity tools

Creating discussion and promoting good practice:

• publishing case studies of integrity progress in organisations

Effectiveness of panels of suppliers

Partnerships with the private sector to deliver public sector outcomes

Auckland city rail link project: Project governance and Link Alliance

Understanding and managing the risk of service disruption from the failure of strategic suppliers

Review of New Zealand Defence Force processes and capability for managing significant services contracts

Procurement of assets to support effective health care

Approaches to emergency procurement in response to Covid-19

Reflections on our procurement work

Community accountability

Provincial Growth Fund: Management, monitoring, and evaluation of the Fund

Provincial Growth Fund: Benefits realisation

Community accountability pilots

Regional economic development – examination of MBIE’s progress with Regional Skills Leadership Groups

Regional service delivery – examination of a service/initiative in the Auckland region (TBC)

Community accountability online portal development

Regional economic development/regional service delivery – examining how effective the public sector's regional economic development planning is in supporting communities to reach their economic potential

Sector reports

All-of-government reporting

Controller updates

Follow-up reporting on public entities' implementation of the Auditor-General’s recommendations:

• Social housing
• Canterbury recovery

Auckland Council review of service performance: Disaster resilience and preparedness

Commentary on the Treasury's statement on New Zealand's long-term fiscal position (once it is published)

Sector reports

All-of-government reporting

Controller updates

Follow-up reporting on public entities' implementation of the Auditor-General’s recommendations (programme of work TBD)

Auckland Council review of service performance (topic TBD)

Sector reports

All-of-government reporting

Controller updates

Follow-up reporting on public entities' implementation of the Auditor-General’s recommendations (programme of work TBD)

Review of current good practice guidance:

• Procurement guidance for public entities
• Public sector purchases, grants, and gifts: Managing funding arrangements with external parties

Supporting audit and risk committees:

• review and update good practice guidance for audit committees
• expand Audit and Risk Committee Chair forums
• implement more systematic and purposeful engagement with audit and risk committee chairpersons

Understanding performance, and supporting the role, of monitoring agencies

Good practice guidance and supplementary resources:

• developing other good practice resources on topics of interest

Supporting audit and risk committees:

• developing a broader induction package for new audit and risk committee chairpersons

 Good practice guidance and supplementary resources:

• continuing to develop good practice resources on topics of interest, and implementing a range of approaches for sharing insights about what good looks like