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Contents
  • Insights into local government: 2021
    • Auditor-General’s overview
    • At a glance
    • Part 1: Councils' performance in 2020/21
    • Part 2: Councils' investment in infrastructure
    • Part 3: The audit reports we issued
    • Part 4: Our work to support good governance and accountability of councils
    • Appendix 1: Sub-sectors and high-growth councils
    • Appendix 2: When councils adopted their annual reports and released their annual and summary annual reports
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      • Actual vs budgeted amounts ($billions) for all councils combined, 2020/21 Actual vs budgeted amounts ($billions) for all councils combined, 2020/21
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      • 17% increase 17% increase
      • Council building Council building
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      • Figure 1: Councils' 2020/21 actual revenue by sub-category Figure 1: Councils' 2020/21 actual revenue by sub-category
      • Figure 2: Councils' 2020/21 actual operating expenditure by sub-category Figure 2: Councils' 2020/21 actual operating expenditure by sub-category
      • Figure 4: Total number of building consents processed for new dwellings, 2015/16 to 2020/21 Figure 4: Total number of building consents processed for new dwellings, 2015/16 to 2020/21
      • Figure 5: Percentage of building consent applications processed within 20 working days, 2018/19 to 2020/21 Figure 5: Percentage of building consent applications processed within 20 working days, 2018/19 to 2020/21
      • Figure 6: Number of councils that met the time frames for processing resource consent applications in 2020/21 Figure 6: Number of councils that met the time frames for processing resource consent applications in 2020/21
      • Figure 7: Councils' compliance with statutory time frames for processing resource consent applications between 2018/19 and 2020/21 Figure 7: Councils' compliance with statutory time frames for processing resource consent applications between 2018/19 and 2020/21
      • Figure 8: Resource consents that use at least one section 92 (further information requests) or section 37 (extended time frames) in their processing, 2014/15 to 2019/20 Figure 8: Resource consents that use at least one section 92 (further information requests) or section 37 (extended time frames) in their processing, 2014/15 to 2019/20
      • Figure 9: Renewal capital expenditure compared with depreciation for all councils, actual percentages for 2012/13 to 2020/21 and predicted percentages for 2021/22 to 2030/31 Figure 9: Renewal capital expenditure compared with depreciation for all councils, actual percentages for 2012/13 to 2020/21 and predicted percentages for 2021/22 to 2030/31
      • Figure 10: Renewal capital expenditure compared with depreciation for all councils combined by infrastructure asset category, 2015/16 to 2020/21 Figure 10: Renewal capital expenditure compared with depreciation for all councils combined by infrastructure asset category, 2015/16 to 2020/21
      • Figure 12: Figure 12 Percentage of water supply, wastewater, and stormwater performance measures achieved, 2015/16 to 2020/21, compared to the level of investment in three waters assets Figure 12: Figure 12 Percentage of water supply, wastewater, and stormwater performance measures achieved, 2015/16 to 2020/21, compared to the level of investment in three waters assets
      • Figure 13: Percentage of water supply performance measures achieved in 2020/21 for all councils combined Figure 13: Percentage of water supply performance measures achieved in 2020/21 for all councils combined
      • Figure 14: Percentage of drinking water measures achieved (part of the "safety of drinking water" measures), 2020/21 Figure 14: Percentage of drinking water measures achieved (part of the "safety of drinking water" measures), 2020/21
      • Figure 15: Percentage of wastewater performance measures achieved in 2020/21 for all councils combined Figure 15: Percentage of wastewater performance measures achieved in 2020/21 for all councils combined
      • Figure 16: Percentage of stormwater performance measures achieved in 2020/21 for all councils combined Figure 16: Percentage of stormwater performance measures achieved in 2020/21 for all councils combined
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